Entries tagged with 'KFC'
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I didn't even know KFC had a mascot other than the Colonel, but this video that's been making the rounds shows what's supposedly the KFC chicken (maybe it's a Philippines thing?) having a dance-off with the Jollibee bee to the tune of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls' "Nobody." They've pretty much got the dance down. Videos, after the jump....
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[Photograph: craftster.org] The only thing better than a toddler toddling around is one wearing a wig and spectacles, masquerading as Colonel Sanders. A woman on the craft forum Craftster shared this photo of her daughter from Halloween last year in a thread about wig-making. Somehow a kid posed as a geriatric chicken icon is really adorable and not creepy at all in this scenario. [via Neatorama] Related Best Food-Inspired Halloween Costumes Foodie related halloween costumes ideas anyone? [Talk] Colonel Sanders and Leon Trotsky Look Alike...
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"A single bite of the homemade KFC is enough. It's like biting into a dew-fresh ripe peach after eating a canned one. It's obviously the same thing but an order of magnitude better." Earlier in the week, the news splashed that a Long Island, New York, man claimed he had reverse-engineered the KFC's 11 herbs and spices. The secret recipe that Ron Douglas unlocked depends heavily on Accent, a commercial MSG-based flavoring. Everyone blogged about the discovery, but did anyone try it? At least one blog we read did. In England, Tim Hayward (above) of the Guardian's Word of Mouth went for it. But he went one better, asking Word of Mouth readers to help him come up with a...
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Two white-haired men with spectacles. One concerned with chicken, the other with communism. You have to love a world where totallylookslike.com exists. [via @jamieforrest] Related Separated at Birth: Tony Bourdain and Tiny Tim Col. Sanders vs. Gen. MacArthur KFC's Latest Marketing Move: Fixing Potholes...
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Poor KFC. It seemed like such a good idea. New product; launch it with a giveaway. And then another, with a big-name celeb like Oprah to announce the coupons. KFC gets foot traffic; the people of America get free chicken. (And Oprah gets a few million more hits on her website.) So simple, right? Not quite. First, the website couldn’t handle the sudden online crush of chicken-seekers, making downloading the coupon impossible. Then, a KFC near New York’s Grand Central Station refused to honor customer coupons—despite, some report, clearly visible chicken waiting behind the counter—sparking a pretty intense outcry. (But not a "riot," KFC insists.) And to add insult to injury, California-based chain El Pollo Loco started a giveaway...
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KFC is becoming the first fast-food giant to get into the pothole-fixing advertising world. In five major U.S. cities, a man dressed up as Colonel Sanders, and a more pothole-knowledgeable professional crew, will fix up the streets, but not without leaving a mark. "Re-Freshed by KFC" will be printed over the late hole in an eye-catching, but non-permanent, street chalk. According to KFC, there's an estimated 350 million potholes on U.S. roads. And think of how many times you choke on fried chicken when driving over them! The city is happy, the people driving by subconsciously swerve to the nearest KFC, and a man in white wearing a head-protecting construction worker helmet stands in the middle of street. This seems...
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In this month of rivalries, we've seen burger brackets and meat match-ups, and now there's the Mental Floss Tournament of Genius. One of its pairings pits General Douglas MacArthur against Colonel Harland Sanders. When it comes to corporate fried chicken, food snobs invariably choose Popeye's over KFC, but there's no denying the Colonel's genius role in spreading breaded bird parts across the globe. Not only that but: As if cracking the code to delectable chicken didn’t make Sanders a genius, he also managed to become the most famous Colonel in history even though he never attained the rank during his military service. On top of that, he single-handedly made the white suit and string tie appropriate attire for successful...
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You may look at the Colonel simply as a jolly mustachioed guy in a white suit who hawks fried chicken, but how did he get there? What pain did he have to endure to attain his success? Why is he so intent on killing chickens? In The Colonel, Mel Gibson plays the role of the fried chicken mogul and reveals the violent truth behind the man—and even gives us a peek into his secret combination of herbs and spices that makes his chicken so finger lickin' good. Watch the video after the jump....
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In preparation for the big game this weekend, we ordered a mess of wings from the biggest chains to track down the best. Braving the threat of orange fingernails, we found the spiciest wings, the slimiest wings, and the least objectionable blue cheese dipping sauce. Best All-Around Wings All photographs by Robyn Lee KFC. They have everything you look for in a wing: good skin-to-meat proportions, good sauce (or a sauceless option, as pictured), good bellyache of success after, and good leaning tower of bones to prove you ate too much. Case closed. Best for Spicy Fans If your taste buds have an ego for heat, go for the Domino's "fiery." These pack a punch, man. Sure, the real spicy...
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KFC has come up with a box meal tie-in for the new Guitar Hero: World Tour video game. The KFC Fully Loaded Box Meal consists of two Original Recipe Strips, an Original Recipe Snacker, your choice of a drumstick or thigh, two sides, a biscuit, and a 32-ounce drink for $7.99. That's more than 1200 calories and about 60 grams of fat. Maybe it's just me but I don't see how one person alone can eat this like in the commercial and not feel nauseous or the need to go run a marathon. So I have to give props to the guys at gaming blog Kotaku for taste testing it. Overall they gave it a D-. Some specific ratings...
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