Our anniversay came on a Monday this year which for us is not a night-on-the-town kind of night. Oh yes, we did celebrate with several nights of dining out. But....then the real day arrived and I wanted to do something besides the same ole, same ole. What to do? I had a chicken dish to test which I thought would be good and easy and along with a few leftovers to pile on the plate to make a pretty presentation. Also, we have those lovely new dishes I wrote about a few weeks ago. It all seemed so simple, until......
.....the chicken wouldn't get done. Not only wasn't it done, the hoped-for crisp crumbs kept falling off. I had several mishaps during preparation which should have been a clue as to how things were going to work out. Finally, after extending the cooking time for the second time, I declared the chicken was done and crawled to the table with perspiration dripping from my brow. I didn't even have time to put on lipstick, much less pretty myself up for the occasion.
Cutting into the center of the chicken I saw what I didn't want to see--it wasn't done. Back to the kitchen. What to do? I decided to cut off the edges of the 6 pieces I had prepared becasue they were done. The problem was the center of the thighs. These were bone-in thighs and they must have come from some sort of raptor to be so large. There were other mishaps, but who wants to hear more of this disaster meal?? Not me. We did make it through the evening and another day of marriage.
Happy Anniversay, CC aka the Virgo!
Oven-Fried Chicken with Broccoli Slaw along with leftover Corn and Peppers
Believe me, Dave, I've had plenty of disasters. The chicken story did have a happy ending. I "repurposed" it by scraping off the soggy coating (b/c it was refrigerated) and spread dijonaise over it along with some panko crumbs, baked it at 350 for about 20 minutes and that chix was DONE and quite good. We liked it better than the anni dinner. See? A happy ending.
Posted by: Susan | 06/30/2011 at 12:16 PM
I like to hear about other people's disaster meals - it makes me feel better about my own disasters.
Posted by: Dave | 06/30/2011 at 11:09 AM