It's time to once again turn the pages of the Broken Pawn to those most literate of beagles – Baxter and Daisy
to recount a memorable Memorial Day Weekend!
Hi Everyone!! It’s Daisy…
and Baxter ready for our favorite blog of the year! Our Marshalltown Fried Chicken review!! YUM!! We love fried chicken, don’t we Daisy?
We certainly do and when Kathy went to Long Island last weekend to help take Ben home from school we thought the long weekend would be the perfect time to eat all the fried chicken in town.
I think anytime is the perfect time to eat fried chicken but this weekend is especially perfect after Hank and Kathy boarded us at the Happy Tails kennel two weeks ago while they went to the Waffle House in Kansas City.
To be fair they also went to their niece Lauren’s wedding. Lauren visited us years ago and took us for a walk to the Jiffy to get beef sticks. We like Lauren.
I like Lauren too but she should have made her wedding beagle friendly, especially since there was a barbeque at the rehearsal dinner, a brunch with lots of bacon, and hamburgers and salmon at the reception.
That’s right Baxter! What’s the point of having all that wonderful food without some beagles around to show everyone how to enjoy it?
No one can enjoy meat, fish, and chicken like a beagle!
And speaking of chicken we had a great Memorial Day weekend tasting chicken! Hank got a three piece dark meat meal from every place in town.
We got to eat a drumstick and Hank shared the rest of the chicken with us! YUM!!
We mainly judged each chicken meal on the taste of the chicken but we considered other factors also, Baxter!
That’s right, Daisy. The size of the chicken and the quality of the sides are important. The better the sides the more chicken Hank shares with us!
And the price is sort of important since Hank has to work to pay for our chicken.
And the more chicken Hank can afford…
…means more chicken to share with us!
Hank’s first stop was to the local Pizza Ranch in Friday night after he got home and took us for our afternoon walk.
Hank hasn’t liked the Pizza Ranch since 2014 when he had to wait a half hour for a bucket of fried chicken he called in advance for.
Luckily for us Hank wanted to uphold the integrity of our pizza reviews and decided to get us some Pizza Ranch chicken!! YUM!!
The three piece chicken dinner at the Pizza ranch cost $7.49 and included a roll, a tiny, tiny cup of cole slaw, and a larger carton of mashed potatoes. The chicken was delicious, Baxter.
It was indeed, Daisy. It was tender and juicy but there was a big problem.
The chicken was so small we barely got a taste! The little pat of butter that comes with the roll was almost as big as the chicken legs! I’m giving Pizza Ranch two paws.
The chicken thigh was so small that Hank didn’t share any with us. It was a disappointing finish to what should have been a great meal of superior chicken. I’m giving Pizza Ranch 2 paws for the taste but they need to step their game up.
Pizza Ranch – 2 paws
After a bad night’s sleep dreaming about tiny chicken legs, we woke up bright and early on Saturday. Hank took us for some walks and then left to get chicken at the Hy-Vee.
Hy-Vee has always had giant chicken pieces that were dry and tasteless but our neighbor Becky told us that their chicken has gotten a lot better in the last few months.
Hank paid $9.99 for a three piece chicken dinner with sides of Egg Potato Salad and Rotini Pasta Salad.
Hy-Vee gave Hank a dinner roll too. The chicken was as big as ever but instead of tasting like dried out cardboard this chicken was excellent.
It was great Baxter. The chicken would have melted in my mouth if I hadn’t gobbled it down as soon as Hank gave it to me!
There was so much potato and rotini salad that Hank was almost full and you know what that means Daisy!
It meant that Hank shared more of his chicken with us. Hy-Vee took their chicken to another level this year. I have to give them 4 paws, Baxter.
I’m only giving Hy-Vee three paws Daisy. The chicken was great but for $10 I think they should have given Hank a drink to go along with the chicken. I did love that there was at least twice as much chicken than the Pizza Ranch.
Hy-Vee was the clear front-runner but there was still a lot more chicken to taste!
Hy-Vee - 3 1/2 paws
After some more walks Hank left us on Saturday evening to get a three piece chicken dinner from Haley’s Deli.
Haley’s was last year’s winner and we have fond memories of getting 12 pieces of broasted chicken on our Sunday morning walks when they were a grocery store that sold chicken instead of a restaurant that is closed Sundays like they are now.
Those were the days! Hank got a three piece chicken dinner with pasta salad and potato salad as sides along with a roll for the same $10 that the Hy-Vee charged.
Hank didn’t ask for a bag to take the chicken home in and the salads got smeared around in the chicken on the drive home.
It’s hard to blame the Haley’s for Hank’s mistake but I didn’t like the chicken mixed in with potato and pasta salad. The chicken part was good though.
I loved the chicken and Hank should be more careful. Haley’s has great chicken but it was a lot smaller than Hy-Vee’s so I’m only giving them 3 paws.
I’m giving them three paws also. The chicken was great but if the pieces were bigger there wouldn’t have been room for the salads to mix with the chicken.
Haley's – 3 paws
We all had great fried chicken dreams and got up on Sunday fat and happy.
I get up fat and happy every day but today I was looking forward to our last taste test.
We had three walks and waited almost all afternoon before Hank left to go to the Kentucky Fried Chicken for the $8.49 big box meal.
Hank got original recipe and the chicken came with a roll, potato salad, cole slaw, and a soda. Hank liked the soda.
It was almost 100 degrees and Hank drank most of the soda on his way home which left…
…more chicken for us to taste because he was so full. It didn’t hurt that there was way more cole slaw from KFC than the Pizza Ranch even if there was a little less mashed potatoes.
The best thing about the KFC big box was that instead of two legs and a thigh like every other store gave us we got…
Two Thighs and a Leg! YUM! Chicken Legs are great but the thighs have more meat for Hank to share.
Having two thighs made up for KFC’s smaller chicken pieces. And it was delicious. Hank doesn’t give us any of the fried skin but the KFC chicken had a smoke flavor built right into the meat that I found very tasty.
My chicken was great too and because of the soda I think we got more of the KFC chicken than any of the others. I’m giving KFC four paws.
I think I’ll give KFC four paws also, Baxter. Filling up our owner with soda so we can get more chicken is sure to get a max score from any beagle judge.
KFC – 4 paws
So that’s the end of our fried chicken contest for another year, Daisy. It’s too bad we can’t have one every week.
I know Baxter. It’s so sad when our chicken weekend is over. All the chicken was excellent and the KFC proved that last is not least by coming from behind to beat a vastly improved Hy-Vee fried chicken experience.
So it's back to beef stick treats and Hank sharing his bologna sandwiches for another year but that's not so bad, Daisy.
We do love our beef stick treats and bologna but I'll miss fried chicken after eating nothing but for a whole weekend!
Cheer up Daisy! Maybe it will be only one dog year! We are dogs, you know.
Oooh... I like it! How long is one dog year?
Let's see...52 weeks divided by 7 carry the 2...add 1...it might be Saturday!
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