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On Sat, 03 Sep 2016 10:21:14 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > On 2016-09-03 9:36 AM, wrote:
> >
> > > Used to love it back in the 70s - we would pick up a bucket for supper
> > > as that was the night we got the groceries after work. I liked the
> > > 'extra' crispy that was in for awhile but then it seemed to go off in
> > > general. I tried some last summer and while it was edible, don't
> > > think I will bother again. You're right though, it's still popular,
> > > there are always people there, no shortage.
> >
> > I first had it in the 60s and loved it. I only had it a few times but
> > then had it with my not yet wife in the early 70s and was sadly
> > disappointed. I have not bought it since but have had a couple pieces
> > and was not impressed enough to overcome that dismal experience.
>
> Even with the newer inferior taste, how bad could it have been? ;-D

It got so bad at one point that the real Colonel Sanders returned to
right the ship. I have a KFC near me and stop there for a
mini-chicken sandwich when I'm hungry and walking past it. They're
fine, IMO - but I'm not a fried chicken critic. I only ask that it's
crispy and not dripping with grease.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.