last night i had a dream involving another celebrity…actually two celebrities. i dreamt i was in the Atlanta metro area (i think) and going to visit an old run down museum to Izzy, the mascot for the Atlanta Olympics. i’m pulling up to the museum at the top of this hill and i see a few other cars and trucks, and guys in black tracksuits. i park the car and realize the guys in black tracksuits are part of Alton Brown’s Feasting On Asphalt crew. AB is actually there as well, and talking to a group who looked like they were about to go tour the museum. i get out of the car and one of the tracksuit guys and i start talking, and he remembered me from the previous day from a cooking demonstration or something. i remember thinking AB would remember me from our somewhat awkward encounter at the bookstore in NOLA. as we walked over to join the tour group, i woke up. the reasoning for having this dream may be found below….
yesterday i had PT and then lifted weights at the gym (they are in the same location, so i really have no excuse) and got home about 7:30 (JUST in time for How I Met Your Mother!). i had plans to use the chicken i had bought that had an expiration date of 9/20, and had hopes of trying out the Macaroni Grill dinner stuff i had bought the last time i went to the store. i figured it was like one of those supper bake things, where you just lay everything out and put it in the oven. oh no, this process involved oil, a skillet, coating chicken in flour, and large BBQ tongs. i had never fried or used hot oil before, so it was going to be a night of firsts in the cooking department.
the box says prep time was 20 minutes, but whatever, when i saw everything i’d need and what i had to do, i knew it wasn’t going to only take 20 minutes. i was tired, i was getting a late start cooking, but i decided to do it anyway.
i cut and breaded the chicken according to the instructions and oiled the pan to cook them.
the box called for 1 lb, but i had bought 1.5 lbs, and stupid me didn’t use the big skillet, so i had to go to the skillet twice to make to cook all the chicken. since i don’t have regular sized tongs, i had to use my giant BBQ tongs which were ridiculously oversized for this endeavor. (sorry, no pictures of those)
i added the cooking wine and the seasoning to the chicken after they were browned on each side and let it simmer. then i got out my big pyrex dish thing and put the finished chicken in while i went to the 2nd batch.
meanwhile, the pasta’s cooking in its own pot ready to be served in time when all the chicken was done. the 2nd batch didn’t do as well, since there wasn’t as much chicken, the oil did some popping. it ended up being okay, and nothing caught on fire.
i needed to run the dishwasher, so i was down on plates and almost used a paper plate to serve. (what, it’s just me, i don’t care!) i ended up using a bowl and that worked out better anyway.
the final verdict was the taste, so around 9 pm i was finally able to eat, and it was fantastic. the box says there are 5 servings, but i think i’m only going to be getting 3 servings out of it. there’s not much pasta that comes in the box, so i guess they don’t plan on people eating a lot of the pasta. i might have to try to portion better next time though just to see if i can get the 5 servings.
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