A REPORTER with the Chicago Tribune may be in the running for a Pullet Surprise after discovering the secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices that gives KFC its distinctive flavour.The reporter was interviewing Joe Ledington, nephew of Harland David Sanders (better known as Colonel Sanders), and came across a handwritten recipe while they were looking through a family scrapbook. "That’s the original 11 herbs and spices that were supposed to be so secretive," Ledington casually told the reporter, although he later backtracked.Hailing as it does from Kentucky, the original involves fractions and tablespoons, but the Insider has spent weeks calculating the precise conversions. You’re welcome.Mix together two cups of white flour, 10ml salt, 7.5ml thyme, 7.5ml basil, 5ml oregano, 15ml celery salt, 15ml black pepper, 15ml dried mustard, 60ml paprika, 30ml garlic salt, 15ml ground ginger and 45ml white pepper.Yum Brands, the parent company, would confirm nothing, but KFC did say the modern mi...
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