Well, all those good omen signs
that I wrote about in the first Blog of 2013 didn’t even last the day. I consider myself a very decent cook who rarely
experiences any real gastronomic failures, but I didn’t even get through the first
day of 2013 without having one. I decided to bake some nice boneless chicken thighs
coated with a Chutney mixture, herb roasted potatoes and accompany them with those
previously discussed Chinese peas. Preheated the oven, popped everything in and
went to read my Kindle book. After a very nice salad I went to remove my
anticipated wonderful meal from the oven.
Could not believe my eyes. The bottom of the chicken dish was coated
with a crusty black Chutney residue and the potatoes looked like little pieces
of coal. After the initial shock I
looked at the temperature I had set the oven at. Well you guessed it, 475 degrees, which was a wee bit higher than I wanted. Actually it
looked real bad, but it did prove edible so we made our way through this disaster
that altered my thinking concerning the direction 2013 was taking. And by the way, those Chinese peas sucked,
hard as little green marbles I used to play with when I was a kid. We ate some of them, but dumped the
rest. I think I’ll stay with fresh.
To make my day even worse, I was criticized
by a good (I thought) friend for using a picture that misrepresented my true age
on my Blogs. As you can see I replaced it with a picture taken on our Grand Canyon trip.
I did explain that I have very few photos of myself since I’m usually
the one taking pictures and no one else seems to be interested in taking
mine. By the way this friend was also on
the same trip and was where I met him and his lovely and nice wife.
I apologize for overloading you
with these entries…..don’t know what’s gotten into me.
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