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Friday, September 23, 2005

Mmmmm

I decided to try getting a rotisserie chicken from Shaw's to see if it was cheap enough to make for a couple days' worth of meals, on a suggestion from a friend.

About midnight I got a hankering for a bit -- hadn't been to bed yet -- and pulled it out the fridge. I heated it up in the microwave to the package specifications. Then came the carving. I don't have a proper carving knife and fork, so I just took out one of my sharper longer knives and a regular large fork. I had to go find "How to Cook Everything" to look up the directions to carve a bird. I kind of had to adlib some bits, but that's typical with chicken from what I remember. (Right, Kel?)

I threw the bones back in the package and decided to take it out to the dumpster. Get rid of it straight away, so it didn't linger in my apartment attracting flies (even though it would have been closed).

Now... after having the first couple bits with just a dash of salt on... gotta figure out what else to flavor it with. It's quite decent on its own, but it needs just that little bit extra. Soy sauce? Lime juice? Garlic powder? I should get more spices.

Soy sauce
Lime juice
Peanut sauce
Perhaps a bit of the buffalo sauce that's been kicking around in the door of my fridge
Do I have any teriyaki marinade left over? It's rather thick, it'd have to be mixed with something.

You know what I should cook to put with it? Little cherry tomatoes, or regular size tomatoes, boiled to get the skin off, and with olive oil and roasted cloves of garlic. Friend of mine's brother-in-law is a catering chef; I'm stealing that from him. Delicious with chicken.

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In other Mmmmm news, I tried hazelnut iced coffee today. It needed a spot of milk. I ended tossing the last bit out. Sad, no? It was better when I tried a little hazelnut-flavored creamer in hot coffee over Labor Day in Ashland.

Hazelnut, whether it's a correct association or not, makes me think of a friend of ours with the middle name Barbesino. I remember him one day really SAVOURING (yes, with the British/Canadian U) a cup of Dunkin Donuts Hazelnut. Yummmm.

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