Thursday

[nightdog_barks]

Cold and grey, slight possibility of a little sleet and/or frozen rain. 30 degrees (-1.1 degrees Celsius), with a gusty wind out of the north. Have brought plants back inside (Chango helped by racing back and forth in the backyard with a ball).

Started reading Colossus last night -- so far it is very good, although I did have a "Dear Author" moment when Hiltzik talked about Spanish explorers (Francisco Coronado's men) seeing the Grand Canyon, and then mentioning about twenty pages later that Joseph Christmas Ives would be "the white man who finally located the Grand Canyon." Er. I think he means that Ives was the first to find the canyon's downstream entrance, but, er.

... and now the sun is trying to come out. Hm.

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[nightdog_barks]

We're using drumsticks for the stew tonight, but they're huge drumsticks, like from a chicken on steroids, so we're only using two.

Ha, I know what you mean about stinking up the house. It's incredible how the smell lingers, whether it's chicken or fish or whatever (we fry pork chops very occasionally). I did see an interesting recipe in the NY Times this morning for something called "Brooklyn Bowl Fried Chicken" -- they used egg whites for the dipping, and matzoh meal, flour, and Cajun spices for the breading.

[pwcorgigirl]

Ooh, that sounds yummy! I do good old Southern-fried chicken: soak the chicken in a bowl of milk and then roll the pieces in flour seasoned with salt and pepper, except that I usually add some paprika for color and that wonderful smoky flavor, and then pan fry it. The deliciousness almost makes up for the house smelling of cooking oil for four or five days. :)

[nightdog_barks]

Yep, we do something like that -- soak the chicken in either milk and an egg or buttermilk, then roll in either seasoned flour or seasoned panko. And definitely paprika! OMG so good.

[pwcorgigirl]

I bought a box of panko this week to try out a new recipe for black bean burgers. May make those this weekend if we get snow again. The guys won't eat them, but I can wrap and freeze them for my lunches.

[nightdog_barks]

Oh, Corgigirl. Panko is so wonderful. *g* It fries up so crisp and light. I'm sure it's not as good for you as plain flour, but oh my god it's so TASTY.