Same here, **Soapy. ** I am bored out of my mind. Mr. Taters and my son are watching some show on the Universe. It’s a series of documentaries we’ve been watching on Netflix. Some of it is quite interesting, but tonight, it’s boring for me.
I suppose I could something productive around the house, but that just doesn’t appeal to me either. I want to have fun.
I just put in for a leave of absence from the rescue squad until my butt/back problem is over. :mad: for pain, and :mad: :mad: for being benched
Awww {{{BBBobbio}}} that’s a major bummer cause we all know how much you lurve that.
We have fast food places around heah called Maryland Fried Chicken. It’s good. So, Taters I be major curious about what you call Maryland fried chicken. I can haz recipe?
I brought all the plants that live outside (back porch and front entrance) durin’ warm weather in due to the fact that the overnight temp tonight says thirty-six degrees Amurrkin and thirty-three degrees Amurrkin tomorrow night. :eek: For now they live setttin’ on an old bedsheet in the livin’ room until I rearrange space for their usual Winter livin’ places. Some of these plants I have had for years, so they’re kinda like children at this point, I guess. Also I closed all the windows cause da cave was gettin’ kinda chillish. I have not turned on the heat yet cause, well, I’m cheap and don’t wanna ‘til I absolutely have too. Besides, it could warm up again, this bein’ south Jawja and all.
Plus, this is an ogbligatroy durnkne psot.
Worked, watched the Caned get crushed by the Panthers 7-4, now I’m doing laundry(because someone doesn’t want to. ;)) I also know more about the Bistro’s specials than the waitstaff.
Sorry, BBBobbio, hope it’s a short leave. On the other hand, you can spend more time with the dogs now. : d&r :
rosie, you’ll do fine.
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. Tailgating and hockey tonight.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. 'Tis nippy out. Official temp says 35 Amurrkin but there’s frost out in da yahd and on the roof of da cave. I gave in and turned on the heat to warm up the place a bit. BRRRR!
Ima go get purtified in a bit as well as get OYKW up and purtified. He says he needs shoes so we shall brave the maul. :eek:
First, however, more caffiene along with the feedin’ of rumbly tummy is needed.
Happy Saturday Y’all!
I turned on the heat, too. It was 41 when we got up! It’s over 50° now, and I’m gonna go get dressed and take Lucy hiking.
I fortified myself for this with French toast and patty sausage. Mmm.
Tonight I will be grilling cheezburgers…
Happy Saturday!
Good morning everyone.
I’ve got my first cup of coffee just about consumed, the dogs have pottied, and I have a little time before I have to clean up and head out for my hair appointment.
It’s raining here.
Up, pretty, had breakfast, bed stripped, sheets washed, bed re-made, second load of laundry in washer and now I am enjoying my venti, quad, non-fat latte. Yes I like Starbucks. Bite me.
I am working on a monster grocery list and mr ems just came back from getting a haircut. So he is purty to. I need to go and brave Toys R Us for some Christmas shopping for the god kids but I really really can’t face it today. I may download some books to my Kindle instead
Happy Saturday!
T-minus 5 hours and I am SERIOUSLY! FREAKED! OUT!
It’s gonna be wonderful, rosie!!
The hike was absolutely gorgeous! We walked for about an hour and a half. I had no idea there were trails back there! I took some pics - you will see them in the new MMP. We will definitely go back, and I can take the little ones with me, too.
Doing laundry now, and I have two loaves of zucchini bread in the oven. I’m worried about this batch. It seemed a much thicker batter than I remember. I added walnuts, and substituted Splenda this time. Maybe I put too much carrot and zucchini. I hope it comes out ok!
Home, exhausted. I’ve got a truckload of plants, plus a fold-up bicycle. Tomorrow, daughter and I will unload the plants and I can think about where they’ll go. I had to stop my mom before she dug up more. She’s trying to thin her gardens so she can buy new stuff. So I’ve got a pink peony, a whole lot of daylilies, some coneflowers, some black-eyed susans, some liriope, another ornamental grass, and something else that I don’t recall what she called it. Most like full sun, so that’ll limit where I can put them. I’m going to be busy later this week…
Daughter came home with a brain turned to tapioca after taking her two tests. Assuming she passed, she should finally get her teaching certification. So there’s that. FCD worked in the garage all day making a hood for his newest aquarium - it’ll be for his office. He’s crashed on the couch. Daughter just went to watch TV in bed. I intend to take full advantage of our extra hour tonight. sleeeeeeeep…
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back tonight - if applicable to your state.
You can do eet, rosie!
We’re using the fireplace for the first time ever (since we’ve lived here). It’s much warmer than the heater. I’m upstairs and I have the door open and I can still feel the heat up here. Fireplaces rule.
I worked, I tailgated(and managed to not set my self on fire), Canes won, i’m happy.
How did it go, rosie?
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. Tis cold out! 34 Amurrkin! :eek:
I’m sure things went well Rosie. Can’t wait to hear all about it and see the performance. Hint. Hint.
We braved the maul :eek: and got OYKW new shoes. Ok, they’re just like to old ones that needed to be replaced. He was glad he was able to find those cause they are really comfy soft leather shoes. I know cause I also have a pair but mine are not worn out so no shoe buyin’ by da bear. I grilled tilapia for dindin. We had peas and carrots to go with it and I made a peach cobbler. YUM!
I also made a corn casserole cause today is brunch Sunday at church. It’s now settin’ on the kitchen counter to room temp up before I warm it up via nukin’ in the microwave. I also made a gallon each of sweet and unsweet tea to take cause I’m all nice like that.
Ok, need to feed rumbly tummy, get the critter up and stirrin’ and find more caffiene.
Happy Sunday Y’all!
ETA: doggio I’m pleased you managed not to set yourself on fire this time. 
Managed to be pretty much of a slug yesterday along with brother and nephew. We dropped stuff to recycle off at Best Buy (2 radios, a TV and miscellaneous dead phones) and also went to Great Harvest and good Chinese, but that was it for non-TV-watching activity.
Looking forward to seeing/hearing performance, rosie.
Also glad you didn’t set yourself on fire, doggio.
Off to face the day and stuff…
Hugs.
GT
Off to be deheathanated, then TSHA ,then the Booster Club meetings. Laundry will be in there, too.
As far as the fire thing, I was trying to light my gas grill, when my friend C walked up(she regularly sets herself on fire while grilling). as soon as she did, I got an impressive fireball, and I was off and cooking.
Good morning everyone. It’s another cold, rainy day here.
The dogs have pottied and I’ve just about finished off my first mug of coffee.
The Maryland style fried chicken was a big success. It had been so long since I’d made it, that hubby acted like it was something new. Anyway, it did turn out really well. There isn’t a lick of the pan gravy left and I made TWO pans because I had two pans of chicken.
Swampy, you asked for the recipe. Mine is kind of a hybrid of one that I have in cookbooks and that I’ve seen on the internet.
Basically season some flour with paprika, salt, pepper. Mix it all up and dredge your chicken pieces in it.
Shake off the excess flour and dip in a beaten egg mixture. I add a couple tablespoons of milk to it the egg mixture (usually two eggs), more if you’re making more chicken.
After dipping in the egg, roll it around in dried breadcrumbs or crushed saltine crackers that you’ve seasoned. I seasoned mine with thyme, old baby, parsely, salt and pepper.
Next, throw in pan that you’ve added vegetable oil to and brought up to cooking temperature. Brown the chicken pieces for 10 minutes or so, turning to facilitate even browning. Cooking temp should be on medium to medium high.
Drain most of the drippings and fat from the pan, reserve some for later use in this recipe, put the chicken and pan back on the heat, and add a cup of milk to it. (Some people use water, and some people use chicken stock. The stock would be good too). Turn it down to a simmer, cover the pan tightly, and let it simmer for 35 minutes.
Take the lid off the pan, and let it go for another 10 minutes to firm up the crust.
Remove the chicken from the pan, cover to keep it warm. Add about three tablespoons or so from your reserved drippings to the pan. Add about two tablespoons of flour and make a roux. Next, dump in about one and two thirds cup of cream or milk and whisk. Bring it to a boil, whisking, turn it down, and let it simmer until it thickens, whisking occasionally. I cut mine down to one cup of milk and 2/3 cup of cream.
I then put a little touch of Better than Boullion chicken paste in the cream mixture, adjusted the seasonings and served.
I made mashed taters to go with the chicken.
If you look on the internet, you’ll see variations telling you to use stock or water in the pan. You’ll also see variations telling you to use ONE CUP OF OIL. I use enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan. I’m not deep frying the stuff for pete’s sake.
Oooh, lookie that. My first mug of coffee is empty!:eek: Time for a refill!
Morning all!!!
Read the recipe. Sounds like serious yum. After cooking with the milk etc, does it stay crispy?
:smack::smack:
Um, I used Old Bay, not old baby in the bread crumbs.
**Soapy, **the top stays crisp, because the chicken isn’t completely submerged in the liquid.
The chicken turns out very, very moist too. So, if you’re all into completely crispy, all the way around, this way is probably not the way to go.
There is another recipe that only calls for adding 1/2 cup liquid to the pan, and supposedly most of that will cook off, but I haven’t tried it that way.
There are so many different recipe variations out there, I’m sure there’s a way where the chicken remains crispy all the way around.