I'm so 'cited!
Ticky of Reinventing a Boomer blogdom
came to visit.
And she was on a mission.
She'd told me she wanted my help
on certain things she wanted to make.
I'm game for anything,
so I told Ticky to
"COME ON DOWN."
And she did.
And what fun we had.
When she called me Friday afternoon
to let me know she was on her way,
I asked her what did I need for din-din.
"Nothing!," she said, "I have everything."
Then she mentioned she was stopping at a local supermarket
"to pick up a ROTISSERIE CHICKEN."
I don't think so Sistahchick.
I told her I'd take one of my old hens out of the freezer and cook it.
No questions asked.
I can be quite forceful at times.
Ticky obliged.
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But first, my hen,
appparently cryogenically packaged,
gave birth.
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First, I covered my chick in sesame oil.
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Salted and peppered and
soy sauced it.
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A little soy sauce in the cavity.
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I sprinkled ground ginger over the whole chicken.
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And rubbed it all in.
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I deposited a whole garlic
in the cavity.
Just because I flove baked garlic.
Baking the garlic gives it a wonderful tavor and flaste.
You just pick up the cloves and squeeze
the transformed and transported garlic
into your mouth
and it delivers a wonderful puree-like spurt.
Sweet and subtle.
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I had some of my veal stock in the fridge
so I added a gelatinous mass of that
for my cooking liquid.
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And I poured in an equal amount of water
to dilute a bit.
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Oh, but this chicken was good.
Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.
And with that,
my work was done.
Ticky did the rest of the dinner
and all I did was watch
and shoot pictures.
Ticky was using Ina's
Crunchy Noodle Salad
as a guideline for this meal.
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Here are the ingredients for the dressing:
Teriyaki Sauce
Peanut oil
Peanut butter
Sesame oil
Rice vinegar
Honey
Ginger
Garlic
Sesame seeds
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Ticky added 1/2 cup peanut butter
to 1 cup peanut oil and whisked it until smooth.
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She substituted 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce for
the soy since that's what she had.
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1/4 cup rice wine vinegar went in.
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3 tablespoons sesame oil went in.
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1 tablespoon honey
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Ticky toasted 3 tablespoons of sesame seeds.
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2 tablespoons garlic
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3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds.
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We did a taste test
and decided it needed the soy sauce
so Ticky added in the Tamari.
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Ticky strayed a bit from Ina's recipe
by putting in a welcomed addition
of cilantro.
Here, she coyly holds a cilantro bouquet.
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Ticky chopped her little heart out:
cilantro
green onions
carrots
mushrooms
and cucumber
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Whole wheat pasta -
since Ticky is reinventing not only herself
but her
food as well.
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Um, Ticky?
Are you expecting an army for dinner.
That's a bowl of chicken on the cutting board
which was another welcome addition
to this salad.
We do like our protein.
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Action shot of Ticky tossing the salad.
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Ooops. She almost forgot the sugar snap peas.
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And here's our Crunchy Noodle Salad
which was enjoyed immensely by all,
including 2 of the Hawthornelets who
happened to drop in for the weekend.
This was really good when it was
served hot Friday night
and it was good when I had it for
lunch a few minutes ago.
Thank you, Ticky.
Ina's name for this dish,
Crunchy Noodle Salad,
is a bit of a misnomer.
I thought the noodles were going to be crunchy,
like toasted Ramen noodles.
But the main crunch came from the snap peas,
and that was more of a snap than a crunch,
but it was very good and a recipe
you can vary according
to what vegetables you want to add.
You know, Ticky, peanuts
would have been good in this too.
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Here's Dixie tolerating Giada.
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Dixie's upset because Giada just touched her tail.
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Sunset Friday night.
Pretty colors.
2 comments:
Rosie, you are just cruel to those of us who can't eat chicken! And now I have to clean my keyboard since I drooled all over it!
Looks delicious. And the sunset was bea-utiful.
Holy cow, in the picture with the honey, my arm looks like a tree trunk. You must have photoshopped that one, right Rosie?
I really liked the noodle salad, and I'm glad the Hawthornlettes liked it. Immona do that one again.
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