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On 1/24/2025 8:39 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
> Most of them are crap.  This one is an exception.  Whatever my other 
> flaws as a cook, I'm pretty discriminating about flavors, and even with 
> my imperfect proportions of the seasonings, this was more reminiscent of 
> the flavor of the Kentucky Fried Chicken I remember from childhood.  I 
> had all of the spices, and went with the savory, rather than the 
> allspice, because I've been making chicken gravy (most often faux 
> chicken gravy with BTB) with summer savory for years.
> 
> It's not just nostalgia.  There's a reason why KFC was such a hit. 
> Certainly, part of its appeal was the way that the pressure frying 
> affected the texture of the meat, but the seasoning transformed a rather 
> moist skin into a delight.  The stuff that KFC has been selling for the 
> past 40-some years is not made with the same seasoning.  I figure that 
> part of the changes made were because of bean counting ingredient costs, 
> but Americans in the late 1970s, and for a few decades after, seemed to 
> be excited by blandness, in food and otherwise.  They liked umami, but 
> not herbs, which were consigned to hair care products.
> 
> The seasoning, in order of occurrence are salt, lots of pepper (black & 
> white), savory, coriander, powdered ginger, thyme, sage, marjoram and 
> msg. Egg and milk are used in the breading process.  Like I said, I 
> believe this guy because I haven't tasted anything else that so much 
> resembled the flavor of the KFC of my youth.  In fact, I'd say that out 
> of the thousands of hours I've watched cooking videos (mostly a complete 
> waste of time), this one is the single most valuable one.
> 
> A final admission.  Today was an eventful day, and I forgot ginger 
> twice, both in the chicken seasoning, and in the lovely stir fry I made 
> this evening.
> 

Do you have a link to the video or a recipe?  I haven't fried chicken at 
home in years, but I do have a cast iron chicken fryer.