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Default KFC is a sleazy marketer

Sky wrote:
> Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>>
>> I've always expected the the ersatz margarine for the biscuit.
>> Today I found a little packet of KFC honey. But it's NOT honey.
>> It's the "Colonel's Honey Sauce".
>>
>> It comes in a little clear plastic squeeze packet and you cannot read
>> the label without great difficulty. Under the word "Honey" in 36
>> point three color type it says "sauce" in red outline 14 point type.
>> On the back it lists the ingredients: High Fructose Corn Syrup,
>> Sugar, Corn Syrup, Honey, Caramel Color.
>>
>> That's it. No more KFC for this family. I'm gonna google to find
>> the parent company and dump the whole lot!
>>
>> Lynn in Fargo
>> Dammit. I really like their coleslaw.

>
> I know my response isn't really about biscuits from KFC, but as a
> potential alternative for KFC-anything, (some) grocery stores have
> decent fried chicken in their deli sections, maybe biscuits too. For
> instance, a local grocery store in my area has "chester's fried
> chicken", and it's way ever so much better than any chicken from KFC
> (IMNSHO!)! Then it's possible to just the honey one has at home, if
> that's prefered -- not to mention real butter, too <G>. Hm, that
> gives me an idea for tomorrow's dinner!!!
>
> Sky, who rarely does KFC


We don't do KFC, either. It's so expensive and so salty. If we want fried
chicken, we either make it at home or get the grocery store brand for just
about the same price that we can make at home.

kili