The next time you stop by your local KFC for a heaping helping of deep fried chicken parts, you will also have the choice of getting your bird a bit healthier. According to CBC.ca:

Kentucky Fried Chicken customers will be greeted eventually by lighted “Now Grilling” signs, starting in coming weeks in select U.S. cities.

Storefront signs will be altered to promote the new product — called Kentucky Grilled Chicken. Even the brand’s ubiquitous chicken buckets will get a makeover, though they will still feature the iconic founder Sanders.

KFC says the grilled chicken has significantly fewer calories and fat, plus much less sodium, than its original recipe fried chicken.

“If they can get people over the hump — which is ‘Do I believe KFC can sell me a healthy alternative?’ — they’ll increase their [customer] frequency,” Miller said. “I don’t see too much risk in trying it.”

Screw this. If I’m going to go to KFC…or KGC or whatever the hell they’re going to call it, I’m clearly not worried about my arteries or my blood pressure or my life expectancy. I want to cram massive amounts of battered chicken, buttery biscuits and a pile of sketchy chemicals billed as “mashed potatoes” into my mouth until I can’t breathe. This is like going to McDonald’s and having a salad or using a condom when masturbating. Totally pointless.

Tags: chicken, colonel sanders, grilling, kfc

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