During the height of the Atkins craze, KFC ran a few ads that said if you took off the skin, then their chicken would be a good Atkins choice. The idea of Kentucky Fried Chicken as a diet food, even the silly Atkins Diet, was nothing but a joke.
While McDonalds and Burger King can just add a few healthy choices to their menus, KFC is pretty much stuck with fried chicken. But the marketing reps at Kentucky Fried Chicken are still trying to spin the greasy, wonderful product that made Colonel Sanders famous into a healthful fast food. Just as the Colonel was not really a Colonel, fried chicken is not really a heath food.
So how about Grilled Chicken? Today KFC was giving away a piece of Grilled Chicken, which was not too bad, but will not be pushing The Original Recipe off the menu any time soon. Kentucky Grilled Chicken is a bit on the bland side, as we have all come to expect from anything that has even a hint of healthfulness about it. I liked it, but I don't know if it is any better for you than the normal fare at KFC. The texture of the meat is very much like the regular KFC chicken and there is a hint of flavor here and there.
KFC needs to toss in the towel and embrace the fact that eating their food will kill you. Inn-N-Out Burgers doesn't apologize for making killer hamburgers and neither does Carl, Jrs. No one goes to a greasy dinner expecting it to improve their cholesterol levels or help them loose ten pounds.
KFC-be proud of being Kentucky Fried Chicken. Make some of those biscuits Colonel Sanders said were so good you'd throw out the chicken and just eat the biscuits! Add some deep fried okra to the menu! Add some cornbread! Add every Southern butter filled thing you can image! Put in dessert carousals with five inch high cream pies. Stop trying to be Whole Food Market and be what you are! And for the love of God, forget that chicken dance crap.
Just a suggestion. . .
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