The Salt Lake Tribune
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The "secret" is out.
 The original, handwritten recipe that contains KFC's 11 "secret" herbs and spices was temporarily relocated Tuesday for the first time in decades, according to a report by the Associated Press.

 The recipe, one of the country’s most famous corporate secrets, was written by Colonel Harland Sanders in the 1950s. It had its first commercial use at the old Harman Cafe at 3900 S. State St. in Salt Lake City.

  KFC moved the yellowing piece of paper in order to upgrade security in preparation for its new line of Original Recipe chicken strips.

 It was placed in a lock box that was handcuffed to a security expert who was then transported in an armored car which had a police escort.

Even with all those security measures, KFC President Roger Eaton was nervous about the move.

‘‘I don’t want to be the president who loses the recipe,’’ he told the AP. ‘‘Imagine how terrifying that would be.’’

According to the report, "the recipe has been stashed at the company headquarters for decades, and for more than 20 years has been tucked away in a filing cabinet equipped with two combination locks. To reach the cabinet, the keepers of the recipe would first open up a vault and unlock three locks on a door that stood in front of the cabinet."

Vials of the herbs and spices are also stored in the secret filing cabinet.
posted by Kathy Stephenson @ 12:56 PM |

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   Kathy Stephenson has been the food writer at The Tribune since 2000. Prior to that she covered education and was a general assignment reporter for Utah's largest daily newspaper. A Utah native, Stephenson's first job was picking zucchini on her grandparent's Kaysville farm. Every Christmas, Stephenson's neighbors and colleagues look forward to getting a plate of her baklava. Last year, she gave away nearly 300 pieces.