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Skriven 2014-07-26 09:06:31 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: more su'n food
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Errrrrrmmmmmm - Church's offers a "spicy" option for their chicken.
 DD> There are  no Church's stores local to me, having been driven out many
 DD> years ago by  Brown's (now defunct), Lee's and Popeyes.

 ML> We did not do a close investigation of any of these
 ML> offerings. Partially because I am unable to read the
 ML> menu/price boards behind the counter. If there's not a
 ML> printed list available, I do it all by guesswork.

Do you have a set of "cheaters"? I don't believe I have ever seen you wear 
glasses. Or, perhaps Lasik might help. If you get to 65 and Medicare kicks in 
you can get lens replacements on the Gummint if you have cataracts. My best 
friend had that done and went from severe astigmatism and myopia to needing 
only reading glasses for "close work".
 
 DD> I have found the Colonel's chickee to be bland, thinly (if at all)
 DD> coated and greasy (regular) or bland and not very crispy (crispy
 DD> version). Salt and  pepper help either version immensely. But, that's
 DD> in Illinois, not y'all and  "shut my mouth" land.

 ML> In all these cases the chicken appeared to have been
 ML> brined (KFC the longest and heaviest), and the coating
 ML> made with quite a lot of salt. The stuff made in the
 ML> colonel's name was dead salty, worse than the other
 ML> two, both of whose sodium content would make a
 ML> nutritionist blench.

I have seen, with my own baby blues, Kentucky Fried Colonel minions stirring 
30 gallon plastic containers (re-purposed garbage cans) of "blinky" chicken 
with a bleach or sodium tri-phosphate solution. I don't know from my own 
observation that it was subsequently cooked and foisted upon the public. But I 
know which way I would bet.
 
 DD> We have available here a thing from more than one stupormarkup called
 DD> "Chester's Chicken" which is broasted. Not bad, but nothing to write
 DD> home  about. Better than the local Kentucky Fried Colonel offers. But
 DD> that's not a  steep hill to climb.

 ML> Supermarket fried chicken seems to me to be mostly
 ML> okay (if salty) when reasonably fresh and if made
 ML> from surplus chicken that is not too far out of date.
 ML> Still, it's not my first choice food, nor even my
 ML> first choice preprepared meal - roast chicken is closer.

I have a Farberware Ferris wheel on which I can roast my own chickee without a 
lot of hassle (except clearing sufficient counter space). I only buy 
stupormarkup roasters if they are on DEEEEEEEEEP discount. Stupormarkup 
roasters get picked from the bone and used for sammiches. Home-roasted gets 
served up with mash and one or two veg and maybe with a nice salad or cottage 
cheese/peaches thing.
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Chicken Scampi over Rice
 Categories: Poultry, Rice, Chilies
      Yield: 4 Servings

      2 tb Extra virgin olive oil
      1 lb Boned, skinned chicken; cut
           - crosswise in thin strips
    3/4 ts Salt; divided
    1/4 ts Ground black pepper
      4 tb Unsalted butter
      1 md Red onion; thin sliced
      8 cl Garlic; thin sliced
    1/2 ts Crushed red pepper flakes
    1/3 c  Chopped parsley
      1 tb Lemon juice
      2 c  Hot, cooked rice 

  Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large nonstick skillet
  over medium. Season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon of the
  salt and pepper. Add half of the chicken to the skillet
  and cook, turning once, until just cooked through, about 3
  minutes. Transfer to a plate then add the remaining
  chicken to the skillet and repeat.

  Return the skillet to the stove and add the remaining 1
  tablespoon oil and butter. Stir in the onion, garlic and
  pepper flakes and cook, stirring often, until the garlic
  just starts to brown, about 5-6 minutes. Stir in the
  chicken and cook until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.
  Add the parsley, lemon juice and remaining 1/4 teaspoon
  salt; cook 1 minute.

  Serve over rice. 

  Yield: 4 Servings

  From: http://www.arberwarecookware.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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