A KFC employee recently uncovered a 50-year-old book from Colonel Harland Sanders himself in the fast food chain's archives.

Within the book is a secret manuscript from the mid-1960s. In the first chapter, the colonel describes the nearly 200-page book as "the story of a man's life and the story of the food he's cooked and eaten."

Also included are the colonel's recipes for casseroles, omelets, pancakes, and pies that reflect his love for "old-time country and farm cooking".

KFC is looking into putting portions of the book online, as well as turning some of the new-found recipes into menu items for its stores.

Do not get your hopes up though. Those famously secret 11 herbs and spices for Colonel Sanders's fried chicken will remain hidden.

The manuscript is locked in the company's vault in Louisville, Kentucky. However, people on social media are still captivated about the new find. One Tweeter even said, "My life is complete."