December 5, 2007

• I made a roast chicken the other night.  Someone had told me about this very simple recipe.  I've tried this several times but have never cooked it.  The skin (yeah - it's unhealthy) was crisp and the meat was tender and juicy.  I had some mashed potatoes as well but since the chicken was taking it's sweet time cooking, I ate the potatoes first.  A confession though, I somehow managed to set off my unit's smoke / heat detector when I opened the oven door to check on the chicken.  I've never had this happened before.  There wasn't any smoke at all.  My stir fries have created even more smoke and the alarm has never gone off.   It wailed about 3 or 4 times.  I had to open all my windows to air out my unit.  The security guard even came up to check it out (I called him).  I took out the chicken about 20 minutes before it was done and had to put it back in the oven at a lower temperature.  I'd give this about 6 / 10 for my first attempt.  I saved the left over meat for soup the next day with some carrots and veggies.  The bones are now in my freezer waiting for the stock pot. 

  

  My orchids are blooming like crazy.  I have about 5 of them and 4 have started to bloom and a couple of have multiple stems of blooms.  I really don't do anything with them.  It's water, the odd fertilizer and light.   I've rescued a couple from my dad's place. 
  
  

  At lunch today, I heard some Christmas music.  I don't know about you but I'm not ready for Christmas yet. 

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