Les Jones: In Fried Chicken News...

April 26, 2005

Food & Drink > In Fried Chicken News...

KFC is experimenting with ditching their initialized moniker and going back to their original name. They'll have new sides, too. From the Sun-Sentinel via Colby Cosh.

KFC on Wednesday opened a store in Louisville, Ky., that uses the full Kentucky Fried Chicken name and features the new, updated image of Sanders, who's wearing a red apron over his white suit. The new store is "a restaurant of the future" and will also test new items, including $3.95 entrees such as chicken mashed potatoes and chicken rice, Warschauer said. The new menu includes buttermilk popcorn shrimp and "Kentucky" sides like corn, yams, cinnamon apples, and collard greens.

Those new sides sound good. Hopefully they'll degrease their chicken while they're at it. Until then, give me Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken. Lee and Sanders were partners at one point, though Lee's history page doesn't mention it.

Alternate History Trivia Question: at what famous Civil War battle did Colonel Sanders fight General Tso?

Answer to last week's Alternate History Question: Elvis Presley, our 37th president.

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Comments

The best fast food fried chicken I've ever had, hands down, is at the Pollo Campero up here in Arlington, which, strangely enough, is a Guatemalan chain that has started to expand to the US.

http://www.campero.com/eng/index.html

It's just plain old fried chicken, but man, they cook it just perfectly. I suspect these places are going to be everywhere in 10-15 years, judging by what a hit they are up here -- on weekends, people will stand in line for an hour or more just to order. It's not THAT good, but it really is pretty darn good.

Posted by: Steve K. at April 25, 2005

RE- Alternate History Trivia Question: at what famous Civil War battle did Colonel Sanders fight General Tso?

I'm not sure, but I think Roy Rogers fought for our independance from the Burger King at the Battle of Cow-pens in 1781.

;-)

Posted by: Chris Range at April 28, 2005