KFC Items You'll Never See Again!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Kentucky Fried Chicken has one of the most recognized mascots and symbols out of all the fast food restaurants. People all over the world can instantly recognize the Colonel's face as well as his bucket of chicken. Throughout the years they chain has certainly seen it's share of success but it isn't without it's failures either. In this video we will have a look back at some KFC items you'll never see again!
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What you’ll never see again: low prices
That's pretty well everywhere now. Thank you for watching!
That's the truth!
Or large pieces of chicken. They basically serve chicks now.
True 'dat!
Basically, Kentucky Fried Chickadee@@The_Fat_Controller.
The original dinner rolls are dearly missed!
I didn't even realize they had rolls. I thought it was always biscuits. Thank you for watching flyberg4994!
Definitely! They were a little bit sweet, almost like Hawaiian rolls today. Much better than those chalky heavy buttermilk biscuits they serve now.
@@RhettyforHistory I think you can see them at 1:20. They're sitting on top of the bucket. I guess they could be biscuits but at that time, in my area, they would have been the rolls which I remember as having a layer of melted 'butter' in the middle.
@@angela-ti1np that "butter" is what i remember most. i LOVED those rolls. The biscuits were pretty good when they first came out but now they are terrible
At the KFC's in Canada, the Chicken Littles were a bit different and were called snackwiches. I really miss the corn fritters....so delish! 😪
How about the “Little Bucket Parfaits”? Those were sooo delicious!
Those were a big item to mention! Thank you for watching and bringing that one up ElleMarie74!
Just what I was going to say! Especially the Strawberry! Oh boy!
Was about to say this... a staple reward for finishing my Kentucky Fried Chicken meal in the '80s.
Yes, I posted the same! They were so good 👍
I was beginning to think I'd dreamed those up! But I remember thinking they looked so pretty in the display case at the corner KFC back in the 80s.
Does anyone remember the little soft, square dinner rolls they used to have? Miss those.
That is probably what they used for the littles. Thank you for watching MM-xz5ig!
The original rolls are better than the current biscuits.
Kings Hawaiian rolls are the closest to KFC's dinner rolls. Their biscuits were better when they were made from scratch. Yes when the biscuits first came out, they were made from scratch. I know this because I worked at KFC , and made their biscuits. Now due to sheer volume, they come to the stores frozen.
I remember the original KFC growing up in the 1980’s, boy have things changed in the last 40 years 😢
I use to go to KFC for their Baked Beans, Corn on the Cob, Strawberry Shortcake parfait and Chocolate parfait and their Potatoe Wedges!All they have discontinued. I have also discontinued my business at their restaurants.
Oh man I completely forgot about chicken Littles. Those were so good.
Thank you fro watching michiganjack1337!
I remember back in the early 80s they served something called mean greens
CHICKEN LITTLES!! 🐔❤
Thank you for watching pinksparkle256!
They were the best…so simple yet so good!!
I liked the potatoe wedges! Now I'm hungry!
Thank you for watching WhitneyAbrina!
I completely forgot about them, those need to come back
Their potato wedges were fantastic. When our local KFC replaced them with fries, there was little left for me to return. I've since had other places' potato wedges and none of them ever came close to KFC's level of deliciousness.
Wal*Mart has them in their food counter until 7:00 PM.
@@lindah6954 Usually any grocery store with a deli counter will have them.
Popcorn chicken was delicious
Thank you for watching 05FLSTC!
We have it here in Thailand now, it's very popular with the Thai's, and it's also spicy!
I miss the huge bucket of KFC chicken the family bucket. The recent one is so small now.
It's definitely smaller and more expensive. Thank you for watching emperorsean1!
8 pc. with mashed potatoes, gravy, 4 biscuits, Coslow. $45. Wal*Mart the same meal $15.
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Yeah, I saw the price of that and walked out
I remember our family weekend nights with a one!!❤
They also used to have baked beans. I loved pairing them with coleslaw. But the best thing they discontinued was the worst decision they ever made: honey bbq wings (from early 2k’s).
Yes!! My Mom's favorite!!
sad part is this - If Col.Sanders were alive today and you served him a modern day KFC meal, he would NOT RECOGNIZE it. Yes KFC has changed that much.
Ours recently quit selling baked beans. Green beans or corn, both no flavor.
When it was Kentucky Fried Chicken, they were good! That was when Colonel Saunders was living. When it became KFC, it lost something.
Thank you for watching phyllispitts6656!
Agreed 💯
Harlan Sanders( The Colonel) use to drive around in a big white Cadillac, here in Kentucky, and visit all the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurants in the Louisville KY area and show the staff how to fix ' his chicken'. Thing is, Harlan didn't own Kentucky Fried Chicken, he was just a spokesman at this time but Corporate HQ in Louisville wouldn't say anything...they said ' You can't tell the former owner & founder not to do it!' LOL!
Fun fact: There is only two (2) places left to get Chicken fixed the way Harlan fixed it....one is in the Experimental Kitchen at Corporate HQ ( It's tested against other ways of preparation) but regular folks can't get from there. The other place is in Simpsonville, KY ( outside Louisville) at The Claudia Sanders Dinner House, the last restaurant Harlan opened. His Mansion sets in front of Claudia Sanders.
Sanders*
You didn't mess with the Colonel. In his younger years he shot a man dead (in self defense, mind you). It was a competitor that was harassing him and pulled a gun on him. Colonel was having none of that 😂
You forgot Fish and Chips!!. This was my favourite back in the 80's. I was really disappointed when they discontinued it.
Extra crispy, mashed potatoes and gravy and corn. Extra gravy for dipping the wedges. And yeah for chicken littles
I'm with you, that sounds good! I want a big soda to wash it down.
Thank you for watching Tammie! There might be a few extra people having KFC today. I haven't had it in forever but I did have it while I was making this video.
@@RhettyforHistory eat taco bell and make a video 😘
I haven't had Taco Bell since 1994. It's not that I didn't like it but there some ingredient in it that I can't have. I think it's in the sauce and even when I tried to order it without the sauce it would still occasionally happen. It's strange but I don't have that issue with anyone else and it took me a long time to figure out what was causing the issue.
They used to have these dessert items called Little Bucket Parfaits in my much younger years. Was devastated when I found out they had been discontinued.
I wish theyd bring ALL of these back!
Atleast on a rotation!
They're amazing!
My mom and I loved the chicken livers back in the 70's; they were breaded like the chicken and came in the same container that was used for gravy.
My Mom and I too! Loved them! 😀
my joints are constantly reminding me i'm old. these vids remind me of when i was young...thank you so much.
You're welcome and thank you for watching KardboardKenny!
They always do that, when it works and people want it they get rid of it
I absolutely LOVED chicken littles!
KFC franchise in the '70's, where I lived, also sold hamburgers and a tasty fish sandwich. Had baked beans and cole slaw for sides too.
I remember when they had fish in both a basket or a sandwich. It was one of the best fish I ever had.
Loved the first Chicken Littles sandwiches!
Another fine job of taking us down Memory Lane, Rhetty!
I miss the brown gravy in the little styrofoam cups! The chicken tasted better back in the 70's. Grandma ordered a bucket of Extra Crispy chicken and was told they were out. Told grandma the extra crispy chicken was refried leftover chicken from the day before😂. This was the 70's and grandma always called it "Colonel Sanders ". Never Kentucky Fried Chicken. Thanks for the memories!❤❤❤
Does anyone remember KFC selling BBQ ribs in the early to mid 70's? I was living in Victorville CA. My mother sent me to get a bucket of chicken they also had ribs I added the ribs to my order. As I remember the ribs were pretty tasty, I also met my future wife there that night still with her 44 years later. Thank you.
Yes I do and was just thinking about them, also the gizzards and livers! I lived in Anchorage in the early to mid '70's and they had them there. They also had chicken wings that were so cheap they frequently had specials almost giving them away. That was back when nobody wanted the wings before they became a fad and made them more expensive than the breasts.
Who is hungry now?
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Those wings in Buffalo or Honey BBQ sauces looks 😋
I still sing their jingle, 99 center, 99 center, two pieces of chicken, Roll and butter. 😂 Their wedges was the best I'll take those over fries any day!!!
I miss their buffet
At least every other week when my family of 5 had us 3 small kids my dad would get a bucket with sides for dinner on Sun night. Then we got big and a bucket wasn't enough and he stopped. Then the nearby store shut down. Then the quality went. Haven't had KFC in at least 25 years.
I loved these potato wedges!
I just want the Honey BBQ Wings back! Great video Rhetty, thanks for the memories!
I remember those, so delicious!
Wow that jogged a memory loose. In the 70s (I was a little kid) we lived in Chicago for a few years and I remember we really liked Kentucky Roast Beef and were all sad when they closed so quickly.
I didn't know that kind of restaurant existed till this video. We need something like that to make a comeback. We have way too many chicken places around. More meat and threes are needed.😊
You should have tried Rosario's Deli they have the best Chicago roast beef on the planet
They used to have dinner rolls and packets of real honey. They also had whole pickled jalapeño peppers.
Chicken littles were awesome. I worked for KFC back then and made hundreds of them.
They really were good. Thank you for watching OGStarWars247!
@@RhettyforHistory I also worked for KFC back then. On my lunch break, I'd take two biscuits, open them up on a plate, put a chicken little patty on each biscuit half, then drown it in gravy.. I still say back then, they should've opened earlier and sold chick little biscuit breakfast sandwiches.
I also remember in the 70's that aside from Original & Extra Crispy Chicken KFC also sold BBQ Chicken....man I miss that flavor
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In Australia we still have Popcorn Chicken and Wicked Wings.
Very interesting. Thank you for watching and letting us know!
I don’t recall hearing you mention the strawberry shortcake or chocolate pudding desserts. I loved those!!
I can remember the taste of the sometimes burnt wedges… mmm… nostalgia
I never had any burnt but I was a fan of them. Thank you for watching jrjr648!
KFC also had the best baked beans. I think they dropped off the menu in 2003.
I do remember getting those and liking them. Thank you for watching and bring those up.
I loved those too. I hate mayo so slaw was a no go for me. They have decent mac & cheese now so there is that.
The Colonel HATED the extra crispy batter introduced after he sold the company.
I agree.
I miss the old Kentucky Fried Chicken from the early 70s when you could still taste the chicken because it was just seasoned chicken.
Add the TasteSeasoning from the Normal Chicken to the Extra Crispy Batter, then yeah, it would be Good.. But they don't/won't.
POPCORN CHICKEN 🍿🍿🍿
Thank you for watching pinksparkle258!
So many wonderful things KFC had when I was growing up.
Popcorn Chicken, Chicken Littles, potato wedges, KFC Snackers.
God, I miss them. 😟
The o.g chicken little was the best thing at k.f.c. the wedges were good also. Bring those back. 💯
I hope they do too. Thank you for watching pyro5624!
The original Chicken Littles were great. I would get 2 or 3 after work. Just enough to take off the edge.
My favorite discontinued KFC item was the Honey BBQ Chicken Tender sandwich, it was a sandwich made with 3 Extra Crispy chicken tenders, Swiss cheese and covered in sweet honey BBQ sauce, pickles and mayo on a sesame seed bun! 🤤
My friend you strike gold again. More great memories, and more than one new thought. I would like to try several of the items we never saw. I haven't been around for some time now but things are improving so I can go back and check up on you and some others , thank you as always...
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You're welcome and thank you for watching. I'm happy to hear that things are improving for you and I hope that they continue to do so.
Love the Chicken Littles ❤, thank you Rhett for the memories ❤
I really enjoyed them as well Monika. Thank you for watching!
Never say never. I loved French fried livers and gizzards
Thank you for watching and sharing what you love mbowman240!
I love chicken liver. It was one of my favorite things growing up.
You can get livers and gizzards at Lee's Famous Recipe
Ours sell livers certain days of the week.
I miss the dinner rolls, so much better than those dry biscuits! Their wings and chocolate chip cake were AMAZING 😋
I have never ever heard of Kentucky Beef Restaurants.
Damn I miss the Nashville Chicken! Your video was so educational!
Corn on the Cobb!
Thank you for watching Johnny!
that pickle fried chicken sounds so tasty!
Thank you for watching TheCrabbyArchives!
Back in the day when the Colonel was still around, he personally attended the grand opening of each new restaurant. My mom met him in 1960 when she was young at the grand opening in our home town. Pretty cool story. Eventually a second one opened in town when i was young but the Colonel was no longer around. Unfortunately both locations are gone now. I've noticed that in general around my region that many of the KFCs are gone. Not sure if it's because of their hogh prices, which are really high now for fast food, or due to competition like Popeyes and Chick-fil-A, which seem to be popping up all over now. I am yet to have either but want to yo try both at some point. I was always a big KFC fan, it reminds me of childhood my mom would always take me there when my dad was away for a business trip as a treat and I swear I heard the story about meeting the Colonel a hundred times!
I loved those little chocolate parfait they had and God those chicken livers were the bomb.
Those were big and it seemed like they sold a lot but I guess people grew tired of them or tastes changed? Thank you for watching and bringing that one up.
You missed the old KFC classic chicken sandwich. It had a chicken patty with the spices and breading of the regular KFC chicken with lettuce and some mayo as I remember. They replaced it with the Big Crunch Sandwich which had breading that was flakier and crispier than the classic but it lacked the herbs and spices of the original. Now they have the imitation Popeye's chicken sandwich with the pickles.
Thank you for watching and sharing that sandwhich. They have definitely had several different sandwiches over the years. Some of them were good and others needed some tweaking on the ingredients.
The classic sandwich was the only think I liked there - and it was like nothing I could get elsewhere. I haven't been back to KFC since ;(
I miss the potato wedges. They would always be so hot it blistered my mouth lol but I loved them
My mom absolutely loved their fried gizzards. When she couldn't get those she had me fry up a large batch every so often. But obviously KFC did them better than I could do :)
I used to love KFC gizzards back in the 70s. Their fried chicken is okay because I still buy it. But the flavor is nowhere near as good as it was back in the 1960s.
When I worked at KFC in the 70s, they kept the dinner rolls in a "warming drawer." We would slather a roll with butter & honey, then wrap it in a napkin and put it back in the warmer until our break when we could eat it. Yum!
I miss those chicken littles, minus the mayo! And, the original popcorn chicken! I never was a huge fan of chicken livers but I remember eating a few of those. Thanks, Rhetty, for yet another great trip down memory lane!
You're welcome and thank you for watching Jen0714!
Omg the mayo totally made the sandwich!
Kentucky Fried Chicken in late 1980's had their version of chicken nuggets...I have to admit, they were excellent! All white meat, tender and juicy with original recipe crust...they stopped selling these around 1990-1991 for some reason. I do miss those, better than anybody else's chicken nuggets!
in the 70s and into the 80s kfc family meals came with coleslaw and a crunchy vegetable salad as well as a loaf of Grecian bread. the chicken was only cooked when you ordered it, no warming ovens back then. this was in new glasgow, nova scotia, canada. good times.
KFC used to be fried licking finger good but it went down in quality.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts ryulee458!
Yes they need to bring back the original Chicken Littles! I'd by dozens of them several times a week!
Made from scratch biscuits, potato wedges, buffet
Thank you for watching 12HpyPaws!
I grew up in Baltimore. We had a fast food place called Gino's, who competed with McDonalds. They were all over the place and they also served KFC. When they when out of business KFC took over a lot of their locations. I miss the potato wedges and real corn on the cobb. Now they got that canned corn that they heat up and those fries that everybody has and mashed potatoes which suck. We very rarely do KFC anymore. Its just not the same.
My dad wasn’t much of a cook, so Kentucky Fried Chicken was our usual Mother’s Day dinner. I used to love the corn-on-the-cob.
They really did have some good buttery corn. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us Eric!
They had bbq chicken in the 80’s, that I still crave! Wish they would bring it back!
Thank you for watching and sharing something you loved Maria!
@@RhettyforHistory ❤️✨
HOLD UP!! THERE"S NO MORE POTATO WEDGES!!
No. Thank you for watching seannewman8542!
You're only now just hearing about this??
Sign a petition to bring them back!
@@laustcawz2089 Well, I don't often eat fast food. But I used to love those wedges.
I’m only just now hearing about this too because I stopped eating KFC about 10 years ago due to the taste and quality not being the same. 😂
Where have y'all been. 😂
Those used to be my favorite fries. 😢
Way way back in the early 70s when my family started adding this to our occasional Friday night fast food dinners they used to have thick, steak cut crinkle fries that you were supposed to dip in the gravy! Eating this with all of the chicken and you'd feel extra stuffed! Also the biscuits weren't introduced until the early 80s! I remember the singing commercials the Smothers Brothers did for them! But way back they first started offering a roll with honey!
In my town ,we had two KFC .i miss it .i loved the potato wedges thank you Rhetty for sharing this episode
I used to live off of KFC's popcorn chicken, I'm still in shock about it being discontinued. There's a reason why I've started going to Popeye's more
I MISSSSS CHICKEN LITTLES!!!!!!! The snacker is NOT the same and the "new" chicken littlea weren't the same! I want popcorn chicken back, the ORIGINAL CHICKEN LITTLES, I want the potato wedges, and the chocolate parfaits back!
In 🇨🇦, we still have popcorn chicken. My hubby had some last night. 😂
You forgot 2 . The honey BBQ chicken that was only available for a limited time in 1992. It was sticky but good. It was original recipe chicken with honey and bbq sauce. Also how can you forget the rotesserie gold chicken, that was a whole chicken in 1993.
There are definitely a lot more items to mention. Thank you for watching and name a couple more.
They sold the BBQ wings after 1992. At least i know the locations in New Orleans sold the BBQ and the spicy wings in the early 2000's because it's what i use to buy the most. And i honestly have never tasted a better BBQ wing and Spicy wing than the ones they sold. Removing them from their menu was a very foolish executive decision that i'm very sure they're paying for. It seem to be incompetence or subversive sabotage within. In fact Popeye's started selling them both and their workers say they sell fast.
I ate at KFC from 1979 until 1983. And it was GOOD.
Thank you for watching stephaniegee227!
The wings existed for a couple of decades before they were discontinued, only to be brought back around 2019, only to be halted again.
Thank you for watching and letting us know imgumbydmnt!
2:45 I have never seen a drink container like that
I loved the Rolled Gold rotisserie chicken. I never understood why it was discontinued.
Love all your videos! I was born in 1969 and can relate. 👍
Thank you for watching Sam! I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos!
Back in the 90s they had a sandwich called the BBQ Crunch Melt and it was awesome. From what I remember it was a crispy chicken breast smothered in BBQ sauce and had a slice of provolone cheese, and that's it. I was a regular at the KFC by my work and after they took it off the menu the manager continued to make it for me for months whenever I came in.
KFC should have sponsored this
I remember the Corn and Cluck for a buck/under a buck deal. Kentucky Fried Chicken used to sell Hawaiian Bread at some southern California franchises before going to biscuits.
Fun fact: Arbys got its name from what they serve...R.B. roast beef. Remembering the Kentucky Roast Beef made me think of this.
Awesome video Rhett! One I remember that didn't last too long ,was the stacker I think it was called. Two chicken breasts with cheese and bacon in between them. Take care buddy!!
Extra tasty crispy chicken. It was a pilot test they did in the 1990s and it was really good.
Popcorn chicken is still available in the U.K. but they done away with the BBQ snack wrap, that was my favourite! 2 of those with fries was my go to. 😋
This was an interesting episode. I had forgotten about most of these menu items. Growing up in the 70s, I do remember the chicken livers and gizzards on the menu. I don't know if my folks ever got them, but I do know both of my parents liked chicken livers and ordered them in other restaurants that may have offered them, not to mention my mom making them for herself and my dad. I think they also ate the gizzards, but I can't remember. It was a generational thing I guess since you don't see them much anymore. I have to admit that I liked the fried pickles and still get them when I can if they are offered at a restaurant. As for the chicken wings, one would have thought KFC would have picked it up and run with it.
Working at KFC was my first job in 1974. Girls wore the red & white striped "coat dress" uniform, similar to 0:28 in the video.
KFC had honey barbecue wings in the 90s and they were the best I've ever had. We got them often when my kids were growing up.
The 1977 commercial featuring the 2 obese children Hugo and Holly going to get Kentucky Fried Chicken in the car with their parents, is still the best commercial I’ve ever seen.
I don’t usually like to watch ads but that’s one I’d love to make a come back.
Thanks Rhett. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
Kentucky Fried Chicken has always been my favorite fast food chain just because of the great sides.
That bean salad was the bomb. I make it all the time for BBQs and everyone always raves on about how good it is.
Good Morning Rhett 🙋🏾. KFC taste nothing like IT DID in the beginning. You're better off cooking your own chicken.
There’s nothing that secret about their secret spices, it’s basically MSG
Your right.I remember also the BBQ chicken.It was fried with bbq sauce.It was good.Think this was 70s,80s. Back in the 1960s in San Antonio we went to Young bloods Fried Chicken on Broadway near the Witte Museum.When we were coming down from Alaska to go to Fort Meade , Maryland (dad was being stationed at NSA) stopped at Mc Donald's in Regina Canada.They had a hot dog and soup on the menu as well as the original.
It's too damn salty now.
I like seeing how things offered in the past just didn’t make it. Pickle seasoned chicken? Ha!!!
Hi Jodie!👋😁🇦🇺
Hi Paul 👋😁🇺🇸
You never disappoint Rhetty, never was big on KFC but they do have bomb brown gravy 👍 have a great weekend all ❣️✌️
Thank you for watching Lisa and I hope you have a great weekend as well!
Certain ones had collards for a while. I miss them. 💝
Thank you for watching and bringing up another item Patricia!
The three-bean salad was terrific - the acid helped to cut through the greasy meal. Kentucky Fried Chicken was a special treat for the Family. It was a special Sunday when Dad brough home a Bucket!
They also had macaroni salad and potato salad.They sweetened them with sugar, that's probably why they were discontinued.Love your channel.
Thanks for sharing Rhetty.