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You realize that KFC chicken is just the same chicken you buy at the supermarket?

It's an urban legend that KFC somehow raises its own chicken that is somehow different, whether genetically, chemically, or speed of growth.

I mean, if you prefer the taste of pork over chicken then great.

But the idea there's anything uniquely bad about the chicken supplied to KFC is just factually untrue.

Also, since you really like Italian food, you might be surprised to find that Parmesan cheese is chock-full of MSG. Which is a major reason why it's used so much in Italian cuisine to impart flavor. MSG isn't bad -- it's umami, just like NaCl is salt.



We don't buy chicken at the supermarket. Our parents raise chickens.

Fake supermarket parmesan? Probably. Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, not really.

"The only additive allowed is salt, which the cheese absorbs while being submerged for 20 days in brine tanks saturated to near-total salinity with Mediterranean sea salt."

> Moreover bacon contains nitrates and nitrites, which is known to cause cancer, unlike msg

We don't buy bacon treated with nitrates and nitrites. That's 95% of supermarket bacon. We mostly end up buying prosciutto, which is just dried, salted and nitrate free or use home made bacon, which is basically 100% pork fat in my country. The Italians also make it, it's called lardo and it's cured with herbs. We only cure it with salt and smoke it. I'm not much of a fan of 100% pork fat or lard, but it does make good fries.


The glutamate they're referring to is naturally a part of parmesan cheese. It doesn't need to be added.




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