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Will some of you that keep spouting off about they cant use "Chicken" because it is not chicken anymore please get a clue or at least do one minute of verifying something before posting it.
Just because it sounds cool, doesnt mean it is true. You can debunk most any urban legend on snopes.com. God forbid you can actually check on one there before believing what read.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.htm
<< Origins: Every fast food chain gets its own urban legend these days, from claims of worms in McDonald's hamburgers to roaches in Taco Bell tacos to snakes in Burger King's ball pits, we're determined to demonize corporate purveyors of cheap, industrial food products. It appears to be KFC's turn in the spotlight again (their original legend about the fried rat having become a bit long in the tooth), and they have become the proud owners of a legend intended to reflect another modern fear: genetically engineered food. >>
<< Kentucky Fried Chicken decided to change their name to KFC in 1991 for several reasons, none of which had anything to do with governmental regulations about mutant animals: >>
<< A move to de-emphasize "chicken" because KFC planned to offer a varied menu that included other types of food. (The Boston Chicken corporation took the same approach for the same reason, changing their name of their retail food outlets to Boston Market.) >>
<< A desire to eliminate the word "fried," which has negative connotations to the increasingly health-conscious consumer market >>
<< A recent trend towards the abbreviation of long commercial titles, as demonstrated by other companies' employing shortened forms of their names, such as The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) and Howard Johnson's (HoJo). >>
Just because it sounds cool, doesnt mean it is true. You can debunk most any urban legend on snopes.com. God forbid you can actually check on one there before believing what read.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.htm
<< Origins: Every fast food chain gets its own urban legend these days, from claims of worms in McDonald's hamburgers to roaches in Taco Bell tacos to snakes in Burger King's ball pits, we're determined to demonize corporate purveyors of cheap, industrial food products. It appears to be KFC's turn in the spotlight again (their original legend about the fried rat having become a bit long in the tooth), and they have become the proud owners of a legend intended to reflect another modern fear: genetically engineered food. >>
<< Kentucky Fried Chicken decided to change their name to KFC in 1991 for several reasons, none of which had anything to do with governmental regulations about mutant animals: >>
<< A move to de-emphasize "chicken" because KFC planned to offer a varied menu that included other types of food. (The Boston Chicken corporation took the same approach for the same reason, changing their name of their retail food outlets to Boston Market.) >>
<< A desire to eliminate the word "fried," which has negative connotations to the increasingly health-conscious consumer market >>
<< A recent trend towards the abbreviation of long commercial titles, as demonstrated by other companies' employing shortened forms of their names, such as The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) and Howard Johnson's (HoJo). >>