Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-likfc2112985847jul20,0,4444831.story?track=rss" target="_blank">http://www.newsday.com/news/he...rack=rss</a> So says this guy.
Originally Posted By Ursula Why would you want to do this? It's like finding the guy behind the curtain. It is secret for a reason, the company doesn't want it out.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan What's interesting is that this guy's book is copyrighted. Meaning, he can share secret recipes created by these restaurant chains, but he doesn't think anyone else should be able to lift that and publish the recipes on their own. I hope someone challenges him on that. I mean, publish his recipes right out on the web. How could he win a lawsuit? He admits attempting to bribe employees to discover trade secrets.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs That's like the episode of Spongebob where Plankton FINALLY got the recipe to the Crabby Patty...and to his horror found out that the main ingredient was...Plankton Of course it was all a ruse done by Mr. Krabs
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF ^^^ I dunno, 2oony. I got the impression from reading this article that while he attemps to bribe the employees, it doesn't necessarily mean he's successful. There is another guy who publishes similar books and has a website called TopSecretRecipes.com, and I imagine these two guys do the same thing: they "reverse-engineer" these foods in an attempt to create something that one can make at home. In that sense, I would think he could copyright his work. I've made a bunch of these recipes at one time or another, and I have to say: they're usually not close approximations.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>In that sense, I would think he could copyright his work.<<" You're probably right. I just found it kind of ironic that he wants to copyright his work, while his work claims to reveal proprietary recipes of others.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF ^^^ It sells books! The recipes I tried weren't bad, per se. But to pass them off as identical to their restaurant counterpoints was realllllllllllly stretching it. That said, I got a great recipe for Skyline (Cincinnati-style) Chili from TopSecretRecipes.com.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Colonel's Secret Recipe of 11 Herbs & Spices 1. Salt 2. Sea Salt 3. Garlic Salt 4. Celery Salt 5. Seasoning Salt 6. Red Pepper 7. Lemon Pepper 8. Black Pepper 9. Paprika 10. Cinnamon 11. Essence of Soul Ingredients are mixed on the night when the moon is full and the dead begin to rise... or every other day with a standard whisk.
Originally Posted By mele I have a couple of Todd Wilbur's cookbooks. I haven't tried that many of the recipes but the Cinnibon cinnamon roll recipe is amazing. (It's all about the frosting, anyway.) Anyway, I had always heard that the true secret of KFC's chicken is the pressure cooker/deep fryer.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs That's probably it...infusing all those spices and flavors in 9 minutes instead of 30...
Originally Posted By beamerdog I got one of those books at a discount store just for fun. I now can make a mean Big Mac!!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin It's infused with the danger of high pressured boiling oil! And that's just the start of the danger!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Keep the Big Mac...I prefer the Double-Double...with the same two words.... Thousand. Island.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Sssh! It's a secret sauce! Made with eggs and soybeans...they know not of this "Thousand Island" that you speak of!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Remember when Jack in the Box had 'secret sauce'...aw, life was grand.
Originally Posted By Dave >>>Remember when Jack in the Box had 'secret sauce'<<< It was on the *Bonus Jack*
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I think it came on everything...I remember ordering a cheeseburger with extra sauce and pickles...heaven on a bun.
