Couple Say They’ve Found KFC Recipe
The handwritten note that Tommy and Cherry Settle discovered in their basement a year ago could be the answer to one of the country’s best-kept culinary secrets: Col. Harland Sanders’ recipe for fried chicken.
Last week, KFC filed a sealed lawsuit in Shelby County Circuit Court asking that the piece of paper found by the Settles be given to the company. Judge William Stewart said he plans to sign an order today unsealing the lawsuit.
The couple bought their Shelbyville home from Sanders and his wife, Claudia, in the early 1970s.
About a year ago, the two found in their basement a recipe for fried chicken that called for 11 herbs and spices, Cherry Settle said.
It’s the same number that makes up the closely guarded recipe for KFC’s “Original Recipe” chicken.
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