Today's random fact

[Fritzo]

Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders wasn't from Kentucky at all- he was from Indiana.

He started serving chicken dinners to people that came to his gas station and became very well known. The Governor bestowed the title "Kentucky Colonel" on him in 1935 because of his popularity, so Harland David Sanders started dressing like a country gentleman and calling himself "The Colonel" for self promotion.

The Colonel sold his chicken empire in 1964, and regretted it. The food quality dropped below his standards, and Sanders image was locked in as the corporate logo. KFC actually sued it's own spokesman in 1975 after the Colonel described the company's gravy as "sludge", the potatoes as "wall paper paste", and the chicken as "fried balls of dough."

Sanders died in 1980 at the age of 90, and there is a memorial at his grave to Kentucky Fried Chicken- a place he fought with until his death to be disassociated from because he was ashamed of what they did to his contribution to the world- excellent fried chicken.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders wasn't from Kentucky at all- he was from Indiana.

He started serving chicken dinners to people that came to his gas station and became very well known. The Governor bestowed the title "Kentucky Colonel" on him in 1935 because of his popularity, so Harland David Sanders started dressing like a country gentleman and calling himself "The Colonel" for self promotion.

The Colonel sold his chicken empire in 1964, and regretted it. The food quality dropped below his standards, and Sanders image was locked in as the corporate logo. KFC actually sued it's own spokesman in 1975 after the Colonel described the company's gravy as "sludge", the potatoes as "wall paper paste", and the chicken as "fried balls of dough."
Sanders died in 1980 at the age of 90, and there is a memorial at his grave to Kentucky Fried Chicken- a place he fought with until his death to be disassociated from because he was ashamed of what they did to his contribution to the world- excellent fried chicken.

Sadly, he was right on all counts...

 

[Tobolo]

IS THE COLONEL HERE?
I say you he dead.
COLONEL SANDERS?
...?

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders wasn't from Kentucky at all- he was from Indiana.

He started serving chicken dinners to people that came to his gas station and became very well known. The Governor bestowed the title "Kentucky Colonel" on him in 1935 because of his popularity, so Harland David Sanders started dressing like a country gentleman and calling himself "The Colonel" for self promotion.

The Colonel sold his chicken empire in 1964, and regretted it. The food quality dropped below his standards, and Sanders image was locked in as the corporate logo. KFC actually sued it's own spokesman in 1975 after the Colonel described the company's gravy as "sludge", the potatoes as "wall paper paste", and the chicken as "fried balls of dough."
Sanders died in 1980 at the age of 90, and there is a memorial at his grave to Kentucky Fried Chicken- a place he fought with until his death to be disassociated from because he was ashamed of what they did to his contribution to the world- excellent fried chicken.

Sadly, he was right on all counts...

F that... I could eat a 5 gallon pail of their mashed potatoes and gravy. God that stuff is fantastic. Their chicken, meh, could take it or leave it.

 

[RightIsWrong]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TPMS6tGOACo

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I agree with him. The food isnt that great, but its the only fast food I eat, even if I only eat it once every 3 months.

I always take off the skin though (Way to damn salty). But I can eat a gallon of their potatoes.

 

[Rubycon]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wDqk-izC2kw

 

[Josh]

Boston Market FTW

 

[m1ldslide1]

KFC is some nasty business. Well, if you eat fast food on a regular basis then it's probably about par. But having eaten actual fried chicken before and home made mashed potatoes and the like, it's very easy to concur with the Colonel.

On top of that they make you pay like $7 for a meal that stays in your system, what, two hours?

 

[Electric Amish]

The first KFC restaurant was located in Salt Lake City.

 

[ObiDon]

something's wrong with his medulla oblongata!

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: m1ldslide1
On top of that they make you pay like $7 for a meal that stays in your system, what, two hours?

Haha, not for me... I never get why people on here have problems with fast food, I never get the shits or whatever from it. You lightweights.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I agree with him. The food isnt that great, but its the only fast food I eat, even if I only eat it once every 3 months.

I always take off the skin though (Way to damn salty). But I can eat a gallon of their potatoes.

When I spoke with my parents about this over the weekend, they said the food at KFC was a LOT different in the early 60's. The mashed potatoes were real, their gravy was a nice light brown and sometimes had small chicken pieces in it, and the chicken was top notch. Today's KFC is nothing like the food it was when it started. My wife's grandmother said that the chicken from Cracker Barrel is actually pretty close to KFC of 50 years ago.

 

[uhohs]

hi

 

[zinfamous]

Like Lewis Black said:

"MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken"

I'm glad to see the Colonel bitterly fought this bastardization of what may well have been a decent fried chicken franchise some 30-40 years ago.
It certainly hasn't resembled anything fried chicken during my lifetime.

 

[mugs]

I :heart: KFC

I also :heart: Maryland Fried Chicken, but it doesn't seem to have taken off as well as KFC.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

The Curse Of The Colonel

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders wasn't from Kentucky at all- he was from Indiana.

i wish he was from alabama. at least, then, that would explain WTF kentucky fried chicken is advertising with the song "sweet home alabama"

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: ObiDon
something's wrong with his medulla oblongata!

My momma invented friend chicken! Colonel Sanders is the debil!

 

[markgm]

Wikipedia can help out a little here...

At the age of 40, Sanders cooked chicken dishes and others for people who stopped at his service station in Corbin, Kentucky. Since he did not have a restaurant, he served customers in his living quarters in the service station. Eventually, his local popularity grew, and Sanders moved to a motel and restaurant that seated 142 people and worked as the chef. Over the next nine years, he perfected his method of cooking chicken. Furthermore, he made use of a pressure fryer that allowed the chicken to be cooked much faster than by pan-frying.

He was given the honorary title "Kentucky Colonel" in 1935 by Governor Ruby Laffoon. Sanders chose to call himself "Colonel" and to dress in a stereotypical "Southern gentleman" costume as a way of self-promotion.

 

[JS80]

You can't beat their cole slaw and i think their gravy is pretty good...

 

[onlyCOpunk]

Your quoting of Spaceballs drew me into a topic I have absolutely no interest in besides the Spaceballs.

 

[alkemyst]

it's not chicken either.

 

[takeru]

mcdonalds fried chicken combo FTW!

 

[Rubycon]

So what happens when a penguin walks into a KFC?

The kernel panics.