The Chicago Tribune is reporting that it may have uncovered Colonel Harland Sanders' secret original recipe for his famed fried chicken, the linchpin of KFC's global franchise of some 18,000 restaurants in 115 countries.
According to the Tribune, the recipe calls for two cups of flour, 2/3 tablespoons of salt, 1/2 tablespoon of thyme, 1/2 tablespoon of basil, 1/3 tablespoon of oregano, 1 tablespoon of celery salt, 1 tablespoon of black pepper, 1 tablespoon of dried mustard, 4 tablespoons of paprika, 2 tablespoons of garlic salt, 1 tablespoon of ground ginger and 3 tablespoons of white pepper.
Former Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., who bought Kentucky Fried Chicken from Sanders in 1964 for $2 million before selling it in 1971, said he doesn't know the recipe but that he has doubts that Ledington's recipe is the real thing....