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.
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.
I had some of my veal stock in the fridge
so I added a gelatinous mass of that
for my cooking liquid.
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.
Here are the ingredients for the dressing:
Teriyaki Sauce
Peanut oil
Peanut butter
Sesame oil
Rice vinegar
Honey
Ginger
Garlic
Sesame seeds
3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds.
Ticky strayed a bit from Ina's recipe
by putting in a welcomed addition
of cilantro.
Here, she coyly holds a cilantro bouquet.
Whole wheat pasta -
since Ticky is reinventing not only herself
but her food as well.
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.
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.
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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