I don’t remember when it started, but Arlo has taken to calling chicken legs “meat bones.” It’s probably not one of his most noteworthy contributions to the English language, as he’s coined some pretty good phrases in his short time here on Earth, but I wanted to mention it here, as I’ve spent the last several years dreaming of opening a fried chicken restaurant in Ypsi, and I think this may come in useful when I finally sit down and put together my menu. I may be way off, but I can’t help but think that “A Sack of Meat Bones” would go over well.
[If you like the nonsensical ranting of babies, be sure to check out the Totally Quotable Arlo archive.]
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Cutest typo ever, Mark – friend chicken :)
There will be a Fried Chicken Odyssey written up in November’s Current (I think), and you can see what our intrepid odysseyers thought of local fried (dammit, I typed friend at first) chicken. I would totally come to your restaurant and would even help out, even though I’d be an awful waitress. (I could take the orders or something, but not bring the food. I am clumsy).
Meat Bone was my nickname in high school.
All mention of friends have been scrubbed from this post. Thank you, Patti.
Now that Koreys Krispy Krunchy Chicken is gone, i know of no good fried chicken.
Time to bring back the Ypsilanti Fried Chicken Showdown?
http://markmaynard.com/2008/08/the-2008-ypsilanti-fried-chicken-showdown-installment-5/
My kids call them chicken drums.
Chickens make better friends than food. Maybe you can call your new restaurant Krispy Kolon Kancer.
http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2006/summer/playing-with-fire-grilled-chicken-contains-cancer
Werner Herzog doesn’t think they make good friends.
http://vimeo.com/9880377