I saw this map of the origins of our many and various fast food chains today:
There are a few I'm not familiar with, and some origin locations I didn't know, but there was only one surprise: KFC is shown as coming from Utah.
Utah? What about the Colonel?
Well... it sounds as though this may a bit about definitions. The map label says "original location," and I guess that's accurate. According to the KFC Wikipedia page, after Colonel Sanders had worked out his recipe — in Kentucky — he franchised it to some friends who had a restaurant in Salt Lake City. It spread from there.
That restaurant owner is also the one who came up with "Finger Lickin' Good" and the idea of selling a whole meal in a bucket.
The things you never knew...
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