Kamikaze Gourmet
Today I made a feast. I bought a chicken and I cooked it in my mini oven. The first real use of the oven. Previously I have just made pita breads in there. But this is real eats. Poultry. Oh yeah.
It seemed to have gone okay. And by that I mean, I haven’t died of salmonella yet. It was quite yummy actually. And now I have leftovers for days.
In other culinary news, I have it on good authority that my mother will soon be cooking soup. Goody! Probably the two greatest things about winter, the coming of the snow and the coming of the soup. Mama’s world famous chicken soup. I love it to death. And my dad told me that my mother said that she didn’t feel like eating soup for 3-4 days. She always cooks up a huge pot when she makes soup. What does that mean? That means that after the first family dinner of soup then I will get to take the rest home! Wow. Can you imagine? Me alone with a big pot of soup that will last me for days. Up to a week it has been known to last, almost. And you’d think one would get tired of eating soup after a week, but not me! I could eat it every day for a month. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and supper. And take showers in it, if it were possible. I need a bath tub.
Anyway. I’m crossing my fingers that soup will come soon and plentifully.
What else is going on? It’s fall vacation this week. The kindergarten next door is closed. I actually find myself missing the sounds of kids playing outside. The grumpy old hermit has a heart of gold. Just like in the movies.
Goats like hay. Do you think they like Colin Hay? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tcRlHY-3Q. That’s not a Scrubs video, even though that is the song from one of the clips I linked to the other day. But it doesn’t count as breaking the three month embargo.
That’s all for today. Yup. I’m sure I haven’t forgotten anything…
October 18th, 2007 at 4:16
Mmmm . . . chicken! We put a chicken in a crock-pot/slow cooker one afternoon and then we had BBQ chicken that evening and then had chicken and noodles for another several meals. Do you ever use a crock pot or slow cooker?
The goatzies are growing thick winter coats. Billy is getting a very wooly butt. He will be “Billy Fuzz Butt” this coming spring when he starts shedding hair! John Boy’s hair is nice and thick and even young Frankie is getting wooly. Is this a sign of a cold winter coming to the Midwest?
October 18th, 2007 at 18:55
We have a weekly soup day in our house. I make broccoli soup for the whole family, because it’s sooo good for us, but I do love all kinds of soup. I didn’t use to. I use to be like ‘is this food or is this drink?’ but now I’ve seen the light – so to speak.
Maybe your mum would let me have the recipe, and then we can have chicken soup in the Lowe household once in a while.
October 18th, 2007 at 21:04
Desiree: Good luck with getting the recipe from Plume. Last time I asked it started with . . . first you get a chicken, add vegetables (NO ONIONS), broth, and cook till ready. Then eat and give the rest to your most deserving son, Plume!
October 18th, 2007 at 21:16
Debster – Chicken and noodles, I think I’m going to be having some of that! I don’t use a crock pot or slow cooker, I’m not even sure I know what they are. Slow pots?
Oh I forgot the third blessing of winter. The coming of the snow, the coming of the soup and of course the coming of the fuzzy goat butts!
Desiree – I love all kinds of drinking, so combining that with eating is just.. genius! I shall see if I can steal away the recipe while my mother isn’t watching. Otherwise I’m afraid she’ll cut off my fingers for revealing the family secret!
October 18th, 2007 at 21:16
Debster, you got the most important part right! NO ONIONS, not even in the same kitchen where the soup is being made!
October 19th, 2007 at 16:09
The crock pot cooks food very slowly over a long period of time. It is also good for the less tender, inexpensive cuts of meat since cooking a long time tenderizes the meat.
You can put meat, potatoes, carrots, celery, and a small amount of liquid in the crock pot (with seasonings) in the morning, turn in on low, and in the evening after a full day of laundry, goat feeding, and grocery buying, your meal will be ready to eat. Works for soups, chicken, pork steaks, too.