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A work colleague was discussing this today and I was wondering if it were true...
Do KFC chickens look like normal chickens or are they some featherless, beakless, body-builder freaks?
If the above claim is true, can we really consider them chickens at all?
Afterall, in terms of appearance and possible DNA, they are removed from the standard/uniform chicken.
Just wondering...
What are your thoughts on this matter?
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
The featherless beakless chicken thing is one of the oldest Inturwebz lies. Check with "snopes" if you ever need to know if something is real or not.
....dependent upon your gullibility level.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
The chickens used in KFC's products are bought from Tyson, Perdue, Pilgrim's Pride, etc.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
They do become featherless, beakless, and feetless while still alive though, so that may be where Inturwebz lies come from. They are normal and then some fat lady picks them up, cuts their beak, and feet off. They then rip all the feathers out before tossing the still alive chicken to the next area to be prepared.
Somewhere after that, the chicken is doused with a very tasteful mixture of 11 herbs and spices then submerged in a big vat of hot oil.
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Melissia wrote:The chickens used in KFC's products are bought from Tyson, Perdue, Pilgrim's Pride, etc.
Perhaps in the States.
I know here they are bought from Inghams... but the States and elsewhere may not hold such high standards.
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
The "genetically engineered, 4 breasted, beakless feetless chicken" is a myth, but their "11 secret herbs & spices"? Why it's publically available from some studies done, as put onto wikipedia.
wikipedia wrote: a food lab found that it consisted solely of sugar, flour, salt, black pepper and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
It's entirely possible that the original restaurant had some secret blend (which would explain the tight security they claim have to over a mysterious old piece of paper), but the corporate version probably slashed costs.
If you're complaining, "hey, that's only 5 ingredients!" keep in mind that MSG probably has plenty of chemicals in it, making up the other 6.
micahaphone wrote:The "genetically engineered, 4 breasted, beakless feetless chicken" is a myth, but their "11 secret herbs & spices"? Why it's publically available from some studies done, as put onto wikipedia.
wikipedia wrote: a food lab found that it consisted solely of sugar, flour, salt, black pepper and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
It's entirely possible that the original restaurant had some secret blend (which would explain the tight security they claim have to over a mysterious old piece of paper), but the corporate version probably slashed costs.
If you're complaining, "hey, that's only 5 ingredients!" keep in mind that MSG probably has plenty of chemicals in it, making up the other 6.
MSG is a chemical not multiple chemicals, though it does consist of two ions.
micahaphone wrote:The "genetically engineered, 4 breasted, beakless feetless chicken" is a myth, but their "11 secret herbs & spices"? Why it's publically available from some studies done, as put onto wikipedia.
wikipedia wrote: a food lab found that it consisted solely of sugar, flour, salt, black pepper and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
It's entirely possible that the original restaurant had some secret blend (which would explain the tight security they claim have to over a mysterious old piece of paper), but the corporate version probably slashed costs.
If you're complaining, "hey, that's only 5 ingredients!" keep in mind that MSG probably has plenty of chemicals in it, making up the other 6.
MSG is a chemical not multiple chemicals, though it does consist of two ions.
Okay, so if we count the two ions as separate ingredients and chicken as an ingredient of the spice, then we're up to 7. Any guesses on the last 4?
micahaphone wrote:The "genetically engineered, 4 breasted, beakless feetless chicken" is a myth, but their "11 secret herbs & spices"? Why it's publically available from some studies done, as put onto wikipedia.
wikipedia wrote: a food lab found that it consisted solely of sugar, flour, salt, black pepper and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
It's entirely possible that the original restaurant had some secret blend (which would explain the tight security they claim have to over a mysterious old piece of paper), but the corporate version probably slashed costs.
If you're complaining, "hey, that's only 5 ingredients!" keep in mind that MSG probably has plenty of chemicals in it, making up the other 6.
MSG is a chemical not multiple chemicals, though it does consist of two ions.
Okay, so if we count the two ions as separate ingredients and chicken as an ingredient of the spice, then we're up to 7. Any guesses on the last 4?
Actually that's the thing-- it no longer uses said eleven herbs. In fact, the colonel railed against KFC for watering down the recipe for the sake of reducing costs.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
There'll be all sorts of gak in there. Skin cells, hair, dust, mites, saliva etc.
Anyway, if we're counting monosodium glutamate as two we have to count salt as two as well (EDIT: Ninja'd! The shame! Stupid long post...). Flour and sugar have practically the same constituents but with different repeats and I wouldn't even want to guess what pepper is made up of. More than eleven ingredients if you ask me. Very suspicious.
Incidentally, I always assume KFC had a single, vast chicken-like beast and shaved bits off periodically like an enormous doner kebab. They were only allowed to call it chicken via a system of clever rules lawyering.
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micahaphone wrote:The "genetically engineered, 4 breasted, beakless feetless chicken" is a myth, but their "11 secret herbs & spices"? Why it's publically available from some studies done, as put onto wikipedia.
wikipedia wrote: a food lab found that it consisted solely of sugar, flour, salt, black pepper and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
It's entirely possible that the original restaurant had some secret blend (which would explain the tight security they claim have to over a mysterious old piece of paper), but the corporate version probably slashed costs.
If you're complaining, "hey, that's only 5 ingredients!" keep in mind that MSG probably has plenty of chemicals in it, making up the other 6.
MSG is a chemical not multiple chemicals, though it does consist of two ions.
Okay, so if we count the two ions as separate ingredients and chicken as an ingredient of the spice, then we're up to 7. Any guesses on the last 4?
Sea salt is also ionic.
NaCl
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Jackal wrote:
I shall visit Austrailia with a flamethrower, that'll teach those furry bastards!
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Catachan LIX "Lords Of Destruction" - Put Away
1943-1944 Era 1250 point Großdeutchland Force - Bolt Action
"The best medicine for Wraithlords? Multilasers. The best way to kill an Avatar? Lasguns."
"Time to pour out some liquor for the pinkmisted Harlequins"
micahaphone wrote:Okay, so if we count the two ions as separate ingredients and chicken as an ingredient of the spice, then we're up to 7. Any guesses on the last 4?
Probably 3 different bodily fluids, and 1 solid...
micahaphone wrote:Okay, so if we count the two ions as separate ingredients and chicken as an ingredient of the spice, then we're up to 7. Any guesses on the last 4?
Probably 3 different bodily fluids, and 1 solid...
Yes and just dropping the chicken on the floor will add all kinds of yummy ingredients!
Lord Scythican wrote:
Yes and just dropping the chicken on the floor will add all kinds of yummy ingredients!
Hence, it is sometimes nicknamed "Dirty Duck"
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
they taste gamier than chickens
Catachan LIX "Lords Of Destruction" 
