I remember eating at KFC in my younger years, the chicken had a bit of spice that you could taste with each piece, the famous 11 herbs and spices recipe tasted delicious. If you happen to eat there now the chicken is almost bland and just tastes greasy now.
KFC isn't the only culprit of this change of tastes that has happened over the years other restaurants have done the same thing, even the large expensive to eat at restaurants have changed their recipes, such as the Keg or Tony Roma's. The food does not taste as good as it once had.
One could say that the prices have gone up, and therefore the food chain industry has been using fewer spices to save money, but shouldn't that be included in the price of the meal itself? You used to be able to buy a hamburger meal for under ten dollars, now at some places it's over 20 dollars for the same meal and you are getting less than before. The meat on the burger is smaller and it has less seasoning on it.
Pizza is another area where they have gone the less is more route as well. Most pizza you buy now has a paper thin crust, and you can see through the slices of meat if you were to hold up any of the four pieces that came with your order, and it costs twice as much as well. You have to really search to find a good pizza place.
The less is more movement has happened everywhere, bags of chips to chocolate bars, frozen food to the cuts of meat, we have been getting less and paying more, and nobody seems to care, we all just continue on our daily routine like cattle moving back and forth from place to place.
What can we really do about it? Complain to the food industry? Send letters to the food standards commission? I'm sure some people do, but it will never make a difference unless the majority does it. It's the case with anything that society does not like, in every group there are a few whiners, and that is completely normal, but when everyone is upset that when things really start to change.
Scott Goerz
